Treatment of Eales' disease with photocoagulation.
224 eyes with Eales' disease were subjected to photocoagulation. In 205 (=91%) the disease could be brought to a morphological standstill over a mean observation time of 5 years after completion of treatment. Visual acuity remained unchanged or improved in 185 eyes (=87%). Postcoagulative macular puckering occured in 6 eyes (=3%).
D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008028:Light Coagulation / Q000009:adverse effects; D011859:Radiography; D012008:Recurrence; D012166:Retinal Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013577:Syndrome; D014792:Visual Acuity