Peripheral photocoagulation in the treatment of disc neovascularization.
Forty-two eyes in 30 patients with disc neovascularization were treated by the method of extensive photocoagulation of the retinal periphery (ablation). Total obliteration of disc neovascularization was accomplished in 76% of eyes treated. Partial regression was noted in 21% of eyes treated. There were only 2 major complications--traction retinal detachment and one major hemorrhage--in this series. Feeder-frond treatment was necessary to obliterate recurrent disc neovascularization in 2 eyes. It is concluded that therapy is efficacious in the treatment of papillary neovascularization.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008028:Light Coagulation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009898:Optic Disk / Q000098:blood supply*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D012008:Recurrence; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000209:etiology; D012171:Retinal Vessels / Q000254:growth & development / Q000601:surgery*; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000098:blood supply