[Laser coagulation of the retina in patients with diabetes after posterior-chamber lens implantation].

Abstract

The possibility of laser coagulation of the retina after implantation of posterior-chamber lenses was examined in 44 patients with diabetes mellitus. Three-speculum Goldman's lens could be used to examine the central zone in 40 patients, the median periphery in 36 patients, and the utmost periphery in 6 patients. The principal causes impeding the examination of the retina were (1) posterior capsule opacity, (2) inadequate mydriasis because of synechias between the iris and the intraocular lens. The number of patients in whom the fundus oculi could be examined was reducing with time. Mydriasis of 8 mm was found necessary for the examination of the total fundus oculi of the artiphakic eye.

• Authors: A M Bessmertnyi, A I Tolchinskaia, T I Forofonova
• Journal: Vestnik oftalmologii (Vestn Oftalmol) 1991 Jul-Aug Vol. 107 Issue 4 Pg. 32-4 ISSN: 0042-465X [Print] Russia (Federation)
• Vernacular Title: Vozmozhnost' lazernoĭ koaguliatsii setchatki u bol'nykh sakharnym diabetom posle implantatsii zadnekamernykh linz.
• PMID: 1949483 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)

Topics

• Aged
• Cataract (complications)
• Diabetic Retinopathy (complications, surgery)
• Female
• Humans
• Lasers
• Lenses, Intraocular
• Light Coagulation (methods)
• Male
• Middle Aged