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Light Coagulation

Known as: Photocoagulations, photocoagulation therapy, Photocoagulation 
The coagulation of tissue by an intense beam of light, including laser (LASER COAGULATION). In the eye it is used in the treatment of retinal… 
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CyclophotocoagulationLaser coagulationLaser photocoagulation
Educational aspectsInfrared Photocoagulation TherapyLaser TherapyLaser Therapy, Low-Level

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Therapeutic procedure

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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Macular grid photocoagulation after intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide for diffuse diabetic macular edema.
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the clinical outcomes of macular laser photocoagulation after the intravitreal injection of 4 mg of… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Preventing stem cell incorporation into choroidal neovascularization by targeting homing and attachment factors.
PURPOSE The primary cause of vision loss in people more than 50 years of age in developed nations is age-related macular… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Chemical and Structural Changes in Blood Undergoing Laser Photocoagulation¶
Abstract The treatment of cutaneous vascular lesions (port wine stains etc.) using lasers has been guided by theories based on… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Expression of cytokines and transcription factors in photocoagulated human retinal pigment epithelial cells
Abstract. Background: It has been shown that scatter photocoagulation induces regression of retinal neovascularization, but the… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Release of the angiogenesis inhibitor angiostatin in patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy: association with retinal photocoagulation
Aims/hypothesis. Proliferative diabetic retinopathy is a major debilitating disease causing most cases of blindness in humans in… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Long-term follow-up of retinal detachment due to macular hole in myopic eyes treated by temporary silicone oil tamponade and laser photocoagulation.
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Scatter photocoagulation restores tissue hypoxia in experimental vasoproliferative microangiopathy in miniature pigs.
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Krypton laser photocoagulation for neovascular lesions of ocular histoplasmosis. Results of a randomized clinical trial. Macular Photocoagulation Study Group.
The Ocular Histoplasmosis Study-Krypton Laser is a multicenter controlled clinical trial designed to determine whether krypton… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Repair of the pigment epithelial barrier following photocoagulation.
Mild argon laser burns produced in the retina of cynomolgus monkeys underwent differentiated retinal repair with frequent… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Experimental photocoagulation of the human retina. I. Correlation of physical, clinical, and pathologic data.
Thirty-eight retinal burns were inflicted by a modified xenon-arc photocoagulator in the eyes of eight human volunteers. The… 
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