Light Coagulation

The coagulation of tissue by an intense beam of light, including laser (LASER COAGULATION). In the eye it is used in the treatment of retinal detachments, retinal holes, aneurysms, hemorrhages, and malignant and benign neoplasms. (Dictionary of Visual Science, 3d ed)

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Networked: 4132 relevant articles (391 outcomes, 517 trials/studies)

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Therapy Context: Research Results

Experts

1.	Bressler, Neil M: 21 articles (11/2015 - 03/2004)
2.	Scott, Ingrid U: 18 articles (06/2013 - 07/2004)
3.	Diabetic Retinopathy Clinical Research Network: 15 articles (08/2013 - 03/2007)
4.	Beck, Roy W: 12 articles (11/2015 - 03/2007)
5.	Shields, Carol L: 12 articles (02/2015 - 10/2002)
6.	Browning, David J: 12 articles (11/2010 - 07/2003)
7.	Glassman, Adam R: 11 articles (11/2015 - 03/2007)
8.	Kang, Se Woong: 11 articles (06/2013 - 12/2002)
9.	Davis, Matthew D: 11 articles (03/2013 - 03/2005)
10.	Stanga, Paulo E: 10 articles (01/2016 - 04/2010)

Related Diseases

1.	Macular Edema 06/01/2011 - "With clinically significant macular edema (CSME) that is either away from the foveal avascular zone (FAZ) or diffuse, the most common first-line treatment option was macular photocoagulation 48 (78.8%) and 33 (54.1%), respectively. " 10/01/1995 - "To evaluate the efficacy of macular grid photocoagulation in preserving or improving central visual acuity in eyes with macular edema due to central vein occlusion (CVO) and best-corrected visual acuity of 20/50 or poorer. " 01/01/1990 - "In most cases, diabetic macular edema is treated successfully with central laser photocoagulation. " 05/01/1984 - "The most promising treatment for diabetic macular edema has been photocoagulation. " 12/01/2002 - "Despite the results of clinical trials showing the efficacy of panretinal and focal photocoagulation of proliferative retinopathy with high-risk characteristics for severe visual loss and for clinically significant macular edema, retinopathy remains an important cause of visual loss. "
2.	Diabetic Retinopathy (Retinopathy, Diabetic) 03/01/1992 - "The study showed that when the disease progressed to the preproliferative and proliferative DR, laser photocoagulation could be the best treatment of choice, and panretinal photocoagulation was also quite effective in the treatment of pregnant patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy." 08/01/2010 - "With the advent of laser photocoagulation, which dramatically reduced visual loss from diabetic retinopathy, the importance of early detection and treatment of micro and macrovascular complications prior to clinical symptoms became apparent. " 07/01/2009 - "No curative treatments are available for diabetic retinopathy and the most common symptomatic treatment, laser photocoagulation, provides only partial and temporary relief from the progressive vascular damage caused by this disease. " 09/01/1993 - "Reducing the stimulus for angiogenesis by destroying the ischaemic retina also forms the basis of the most effective treatment of diabetic retinopathy by photocoagulation. " 01/01/2014 - "This review provides evidence that laser photocoagulation is beneficial in treating proliferative diabetic retinopathy. "
3.	Choroidal Neovascularization 03/01/2006 - "Laser photocoagulation induced choroidal neovascularization currently is the most effective model available for the study of this disease in terms of efficacy of new drugs and therapies. " 01/01/1995 - "To determine whether laser photocoagulation of peripapillary choroidal neovascularization (CNV) or large neovascular lesions that are located nasal to the fovea is beneficial with respect to preservation of remaining vision--consistent with the overall study findings. " 09/01/2002 - "Laser photocoagulation has been shown to be beneficial in patients with extra- or juxta-foveal classic choroidal neovascularization (CNV), but the majority of patients with exudative maculopathy have occult or subfoveal CNV. " 06/01/2008 - "In the last few decades, the mainstay of treatment for choroidal neovascularization (CNV) due to AMD has been thermal laser photocoagulation. " 01/01/2007 - "Among value-based medicine studies, laser photocoagulation confers a 4.4% value gain (improvement in quality of life) for the treatment of classic subfoveal choroidal neovascularization. "
4.	Hemorrhage 01/01/1995 - "In some selected cases of severe PDVR, the use of PFCL may help to flatten the retina, to stop bleeding from the optic disc and to perform a good endolaser photocoagulation. " 06/01/1977 - "In 31 patients who had no associated photocoagulation, long-term postoperative assessment showed significant improvement of hemorrhages and intrarentinal new vessels with preservation of visual acuity. " 09/01/1992 - "Nd: YAG laser photocoagulation was effective in stopping bleeding lesions in 4/6 cases. " 01/01/1989 - "Our experimental results revealed that laser photocoagulation with wavelengths longer than 590 nm was effective in occluding the choriocapillaries under a thin subretinal hemorrhage. " 09/01/2000 - "KTP laser photocoagulation is a safe and effective therapy for bleeding from chronic radiation proctopathy that improves activities of daily living and reduces use of health care resources."
5.	Retinal Detachment (Retinal Detachments) 11/01/1989 - "Of the 3 remaining detachments, 2 eyes improved with additional photocoagulation, and 1 eye, which was not treated further, had a complete retinal detachment." 10/01/2012 - "Laser photocoagulation of the pars plana is effective in these cases both as a treatment and to prevent sight-threatening complications like retinal detachment." 06/01/2001 - "Demarcation laser photocoagulation is associated with less morbidity than these techniques and may be equally as effective in stabilizing selected macula-sparing retinal detachments." 04/01/2004 - "Laser photocoagulation targeted exclusively to the feeder vessels supplying the idiopathic polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy lesions is a safe and effective method and can improve vision in eyes in which a serous retinal detachment is present in the macula. " 07/01/2008 - "The efficacy of laser photocoagulation to prevent the development or extension of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment is controversial. "

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1.	Lasers (Laser)
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3.	Solid-State Lasers
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5.	Intravitreal Injections