Journal article
Argon Laser Pretreatment in Nd: YAG Iridotomy
Ophthalmic surgery, lasers & imaging, Vol.21(7), pp.497-500
07/01/1990
DOI: 10.3928/1542-8877-19900701-10
PMID: 2204855
Abstract
Argon laser pretreatment prior to Nd: YAG laser iridotomy may decrease the incidence of operative hemorrhage. In a prospective, randomized clinical trial involving 12 patients (24 eyes), one eye was randomly assigned treatment with the Nd: YAG laser alone, while the other eye was pretreated with argon laser photocoagulation immediately prior to Nd:YAG laser. Eight of the 12 eyes (67%) treated with Nd: YAG laser alone had operative hemorrhages; only 2 of the 12 (17%) pretreated eyes did. Thus, argon laser pretreatment significantly reduced the incidence of hemorrhage during Nd: YAG iridotomy (P= .012).
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Argon Laser Pretreatment in Nd: YAG Iridotomy
- Creators
- Kenneth GoinsElmar SchmeisserThomas Smith
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Ophthalmic surgery, lasers & imaging, Vol.21(7), pp.497-500
- Publisher
- SLACK INCORPORATED
- DOI
- 10.3928/1542-8877-19900701-10
- PMID
- 2204855
- ISSN
- 2325-8160
- eISSN
- 2325-8179
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/01/1990
- Academic Unit
- Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9984806612102771
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