title: [The role of laser photocoagulation in the anti-vascular endothelial growth factor therapy era].
abstract: Anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) therapy has recently become the first-line treatment for wet age related macular degeneration, macular edema secondary to diabetic retinopathy and retinal vein occlusion, retinopathy of prematurity and neovascular glaucoma. It is worth thinking about whether laser photocoagulation still has its therapeutic value in these diseases. The purpose of this article is to discuss the role of laser photocoagulation in the anti-VEGF therapy era. And the article also discussed the combined treatment strategy in order to avoid clinical errors and to provide a new insight for prevention and treatment of ocular neovascular disease in the future.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Affiliated First People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai key laboratory of ocular fundus disease, Shanghai 200080, China.
authors.forename: Fenghua
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Affiliated First People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai key laboratory of ocular fundus disease, Shanghai 200080, China.
authors.forename: Pengfei
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Affiliated First People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai key laboratory of ocular fundus disease, Shanghai 200080, China; Email: xdsun@sjtu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Xiaodong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Sun
mesh_terms: D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000150:complications; D015355:Glaucoma, Neovascular / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D017075:Laser Coagulation; D008269:Macular Edema / Q000601:surgery*; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic / Q000517:prevention & control; D012170:Retinal Vein Occlusion / Q000150:complications; D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D057135:Wet Macular Degeneration / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A