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photocoagulation
Also see pan-retinal photocoagulation
Indications:
- eye disease, including
- diabetic retinopathy
- macular degeneration
- retinal detachment
Procedure:
- use of a beam of electromagnetic radiation (Laser) under visual control to induce local coagulation from absorption of the radiant energy
Specific
pan-retinal photocoagulation (PRP)
photocoagulation of corneal lesion
photocoagulation of macular drusen
photocoagulation of retinal neoplasm/macular edema
photocoagulation to prevent retinal detachment
vitrectomy with photocoagulation
General
eye surgery; opthalmologic surgery; ocular surgery
References
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
- Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 16,
American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2012