[Photocoagulation: a microsurgical welding method for ophthamology].
The author describes first of all the history of photocoagulation from its very beginning up to the most recent instruments. Then examples are given of the different possibilities of application. Besides the detachment of the retina and the tumors, the diseases of the vessels of the retina are playing an important role.
D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000601:surgery; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D005860:Germany, West; D006666:History of Medicine; D006801:Humans; D008028:Light Coagulation / Q000266:history; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods; D009885:Ophthalmology / Q000379:methods*; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000601:surgery
Photokoagulation: Eine mikrochirurgische Schweissmethode in der Ophthalmolgie