title: [Central serous chorioretinitis. Therapy experience over 20 years with and without laser coagulation].
abstract: Since 1969, 1,179 eyes with central serous chorioretinopathy have been examined with fluorescein fundus angiography. The classic form with fluorescein leakage (type I) decreased in incidence from 86.4% to 55.4%, while an atypical form with frequent serous pigment epithelial detachment (type II) increased from 12.6% to 33.0%, and the mixed form (type I + II) increased from 1 to 11.6%. In type I with delayed healing laser coagulation of the leakage was performed, which improved the visual acuity from 0.64 to 0.92 an average (n = 122), while in cases without laser coagulation the percentage improved only from 0.66 to 0.84 on average (n = 34) with a statistically significant difference (t = 2.64, P < 0.01). Laser coagulation was especially beneficial in the mixed form (n = 16), in which the visual acuity improved from 0.42 to 0.86 on average. The proportion of women increased from 10.7 to 17.9%. The patient age tended to be higher in women more than in men.
authors: Universitäts-Augenklinik Frankfurt/M.
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Makabe
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Gümbel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002825:Chorioretinitis / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D017075:Laser Coagulation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology
vernacular_title: Chorioretinitis centralis serosa. Therapieerfahrung über 20 Jahre mit und ohne Laserkoagulation.