title: Long-term follow-up of a prospective trial of argon laser photocoagulation in the treatment of central serous retinopathy.
abstract: In a prospective randomised trial of argon laser photocoagulation in the management of central serous retinopathy, long-term follow-up (6.4 to 12.1 years) revealed no evidence that treatment significantly influenced the visual outcome as measured by the Snellen chart and by the Farnsworth-Munsell 100-hue test. Treatment did not reduce either the recurrence rate or the prevalence of chronic disease. Complications of treatment were uncommon. The justification for argon laser photocoagulation appears to be limited to the hastening of symptomatic relief by earlier resolution of serous detachment.
authors.affiliation: Moorfields Eye Hospital, London.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ficker
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vafidis
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: While
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Leaver
mesh_terms: D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008028:Light Coagulation / Q000009:adverse effects; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012008:Recurrence; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000601:surgery*; D014792:Visual Acuity