title: YAG laser treatment of cystoid macular edema.
abstract: Fourteen eyes (some aphakic and some with implanted intraocular lenses) underwent neodymium-YAG laser treatment for cystoid macular edema with vitreous incarceration in the corneoscleral wound. Visual acuity improved in all 14 eyes; ten eyes improved at least three Snellen lines and 12 eyes improved at least two Snellen lines. After follow-up periods of one to nine months, 11 eyes had visual acuities of 20/40 or better (only two had had visual acuities of 20/40 preoperatively and none had had a better visual acuity). An additional eye, which had an intraocular lens implant, was treated prophylactically. Visual acuity in this eye remained stable during a nine-month follow-up period. YAG laser treatment produced no adverse side effects or complications in any of the 15 eyes.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000009:adverse effects; D004487:Edema / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D053685:Laser Therapy; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D008266:Macula Lutea; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009354:Neodymium; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D014792:Visual Acuity
chemical_list: D009354:Neodymium