title: Treatment of retinal pigment epithelial detachments.
abstract: Photocoagulation of retinal pigment epithelial detachments has been advocated in the past. Thirteen patients were treated with argon laser photocoagulation. Twenty-four percent improved and seventy-six percent lost vision. The study concludes that scatter laser photocoagulation is not an effective way to treat these lesions.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008028:Light Coagulation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology; D014792:Visual Acuity