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Abstract #15022 Published in IGR 8-4
Neovascular glaucoma - prevention
Preda M; Davidescu L; Damian C; Irimia A; Sollosy MOftalmologia 2006; 50: 108-114
PURPOSE: The aim of this paper is to analyse the incidence of neovascular glaucoma in a group of patients treated by laser photocoagulation for proliferative diabetic retinopathy and retinal vascular occlusions. MATERIAL AND METHOD: We have studied a group of 277 PATIENTS: 112 male and 165 female aged between 26 and 83 years. Two hundred and fifty-six patients had proliferative diabetic retinopathy and 21 patients retinal vascular occlusions with ischemic involvement. All these patients were treated with retinal laser photocoagulation. Follow-up period was between 6 months and 2 years. RESULTS: Only 3 patients from the entire group treated with laser photocoagulation had developed neovascular glaucoma. CONCLUSIONS: Prophylactic panretinal photocoagulation is the only method that appears to prevent neovascular glaucoma and eliminate its devastating complications. LA: Romanian
Dr. M. Preda, Clinica de Oftalmologie, Craiova, Romania
Classification:
9.4.5.1 Neovascular glaucoma (Part of: 9 Clinical forms of glaucomas > 9.4 Glaucomas associated with other ocular and systemic disorders > 9.4.5 Glaucomas associated with disorders of the retina, choroid and vitreous)