Dr. Armand Daccache, Associate Director of the Residency Program and Assistant Professor of the Retina / Vitreous Section at the Yale Eye Center, discusses the use of focal laser surgery in the treatment of macular edema caused by diabetic retinopathy.
References and Resources
Wickremasinghe SS et al. Retinal vascular caliber changes after intravitreal triamcinolone treatment for diabetic macular edema. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2008 Nov;49(11):4707-11. Epub 2008 Jul 3.
Gangnon RE et al. A severity scale for diabetic macular edema developed from ETDRS data. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2008 Nov;49(11):5041-7. Epub 2008 Jun 6.
Sander B, Hamann P, Larsen M. A 5-year follow-up of photocoagulation in diabetic macular edema: the prognostic value of vascular leakage for visual loss. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2008 Nov;246(11):1535-9. Epub 2008 Jul 26.
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