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Modern retinal laser therapy.

Abstract
Medicinal lasers are a standard source of light to produce retinal tissue photocoagulation to treat retinovascular disease. The Diabetic Retinopathy Study and the Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study were large randomized clinical trials that have shown beneficial effect of retinal laser photocoagulation in diabetic retinopathy and have dictated the standard of care for decades. However, current treatment protocols undergo modifications. Types of lasers used in treatment of retinal diseases include argon, diode, dye and multicolor lasers, micropulse lasers and lasers for photodynamic therapy. Delivery systems include contact lens slit-lamp laser delivery, indirect ophthalmocope based laser photocoagulation and camera based navigated retinal photocoagulation with retinal eye-tracking. Selective targeted photocoagulation could be a future alternative to panretinal photocoagulation.
AuthorsIgor Kozak, Jeffrey K Luttrull
JournalSaudi journal of ophthalmology : official journal of the Saudi Ophthalmological Society (Saudi J Ophthalmol) 2015 Apr-Jun Vol. 29 Issue 2 Pg. 137-46 ISSN: 1319-4534 [Print] India
PMID25892934 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)

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