title: Grid photocoagulation improves reading ability in diffuse diabetic macular oedema.
abstract: Forty-eight patients with diffuse diabetic macular oedema were treated with perifoveal blue/green Argon 'grid' laser photocoagulation. Clinical assessment of patients was supported by serial fluorescein angiography. Patients were followed up for one year after treatment, and a two year follow-up was obtained in 29 patients. Statistical analysis showed no significant improvement in distance acuity, but demonstrated clear benefit as regards reading ability.
authors.affiliation: Law Hospital, Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
authors.forename: E I
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: McNaught
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Foulds
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Allan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000601:surgery*; D004487:Edema / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008028:Light Coagulation; D008266:Macula Lutea / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011932:Reading; D014792:Visual Acuity