Table 1
Heat induced tumour necrosis in patients with choroidal melanomas treated with transpupillary thermotherapy (TTT) before enucleation
| Patient No | Tumour | Tumour pigment | Equipment | Beam θ (mm) | Irradiance (W/cm2) | Radiant exposure (J/cm2) | Enucleation after TTT (hours) | Depth of necrosis | |||||||||
| Height (mm) | θ (mm) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 9 | 15 | + |
Xenon | 2.4 | 4–10 | 7 300 | 24 | — | ||||||||
| 2 | 10 | 13 | +/− | Xenon | 24 | — | |||||||||||
| 3 | 9 | 11 | +/− | Xenon | 2+4.5 | 2–19 | 11 000 | 48 | — | ||||||||
| 4 | 6 | 12 | + | Xenon | 2.5 | 7–19 | 11 100 | 48 | 1.3 | ||||||||
| 5 | 9 | 13 | + | Diode | 3.5 | 1–8 | 4 200 | 48 | 3.9 | ||||||||
| 6 | 5.3 | 11 | + | Diode | 3 | 9 | 3 200 | 48 | 1.5 | ||||||||
| 7 | 7.3 | 11 | + | Diode | 4 | 7–10 | 3 600 | 72 | 3.4 | ||||||||
| 8 | 14 | >24 | ++ | Diode | 3 | 7–12.5 | 6 200 | 48 | 3 | ||||||||
| 9 | 4.4 | 12 | +++ | Diode | 3.4 | 8–14 | 5 600 | 22 | — | ||||||||
| 10 | 11 | >15 | ++ | Diode | 3.3 | 10 | 4 000 | 96 | 3.4 | ||||||||
| 11 | 2 | 13.2 | ++ | Diode | 3.4 | 9–11.5 | 3 150 | 240 | 2 | ||||||||
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↵Minimal effect.
