You are here

Article Text

Article menu
Download PDFPDF
Research Article
Treatment of iatrogenic choriovitreal neovascularisation in sickle cell disease.
  1. R W Acheson,
  2. P D Fox,
  3. E L Chuang and
  4. G R Serjeant
  1. Medical Research Council Laboratories (Jamaica), University of the West Indies.

    Abstract

    The effect of scatter photocoagulation on the perfusion of iatrogenic choriovitreal neovascularisation (CVN) has been assessed by a randomised trial in 35 CVN lesions in 18 eyes with proliferative sickle retinopathy. No difference in size or vascularity of CVN lesions was apparent between the nine treated and nine control eyes over a median follow-up of 42 months. Scatter photocoagulation by the stated protocol was not effective in the treatment of CVN.

    https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo.75.12.729

    Statistics from Altmetric.com

      Request Permissions

      If you wish to reuse any or all of this article please use the link below which will take you to the Copyright Clearance Center’s RightsLink service. You will be able to get a quick price and instant permission to reuse the content in many different ways.