title: Comparative study of patients with central serous chorioretinopathy undergoing focal laser photocoagulation or photodynamic therapy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare clinical outcomes for patients with central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC) undergoing either focal laser photocoagulation or photodynamic therapy (PDT).
  
  
  METHODS
  26 eyes of 26 patients with symptomatic CSC underwent focal laser photocoagulation or half-dose PDT, as appropriate. Best-corrected visual acuity, optical coherence tomography and multifocal electroretinography were assessed prospectively prior to treatment and at 1, 3 and 6 months after treatment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  12 eyes in the focal laser group and 14 eyes in the PDT group were evaluated. One month after PDT, all eyes, except one, showed complete absorption of subretinal fluid, whereas five eyes in the focal laser group showed residual subretinal fluid (p=0.022). Visual acuity and parameters of multifocal electroretinography improved from baseline at 1, 3 and 6 months after treatment, without any significant differences between the two groups. However, compared with those in the PDT group at 1 month after treatment, P1 latencies in the first annuli of the focal laser group were delayed (40.1 ± 5.5 ms and 34.9 ± 2.5 ms, respectively; p=0.047).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Compared with focal laser, half-dose PDT may facilitate earlier resolution of macular detachment and earlier recovery of central retinal function. However, at 3 months after treatment and thereafter, no difference in anatomical and functional recovery was noted between the two modalities of treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Ji Won
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Se Woong
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Yun-Taek
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Song Ee
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Seung Woo
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D056833:Central Serous Chorioretinopathy / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017075:Laser Coagulation / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010778:Photochemotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology