1. Perforating Diathermy Coagulation for Retinal Angiomas
- Author
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Renato D. Cardoso and Robert J. Brockhurst
- Subjects
Adult ,Male ,Angiomatosis ,medicine.medical_specialty ,von Hippel-Lindau Disease ,Visual acuity ,Adolescent ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Visual Acuity ,Anemia, Sickle Cell ,Retina ,Uveitis ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Electrocoagulation ,medicine ,Humans ,Telangiectasis ,Wound Healing ,business.industry ,Eye Neoplasms ,Retinal Detachment ,Surgical precautions ,Retinal ,Diathermy ,Middle Aged ,Surgery ,Scleral Buckling ,Ophthalmology ,chemistry ,Coagulation ,Female ,medicine.symptom ,Hemangioma ,business ,Scleral buckling - Abstract
Perforating diathermy coagulation can be used efficiently to destroy large angiomas of the retina. Five patients who had developed large angiomas (greater than 5 disc diameters) in association with various retinal diseases were treated with this technique. The follow-up period ranged from 1 1/2 to 7 years, except for one case in which the patient died five days after the surgical procedure. Several techniques of perforating diathermy are described, and the indications, surgical precautions, and complications of each method are discussed.
- Published
- 1976