Selective laser photocoagulation of placental communicating vessels.    From Wordnik.com.  [Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTTS)] Reference

They would pay for retinal photocoagulation in diabetic patients but not for unrelated refraction pursuant to prescribing eyeglasses.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fixing the Medicare Budget Black Hole Before It Sinks Us All] Reference

Because of the progression of findings characteristic of twin-twin transfusion syndrome despite amnioreduction therapy, she was offered selective laser photocoagulation treatment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTTS)] Reference

Minimally invasive fetal surgery including fetoscopic laser photocoagulation, radio frequency ablation and/or bipolar cord coagulation, and thoracoamniotic and vesicoamniotic shunting.    From Wordnik.com.  [About Our Services] Reference

The family was counseled about management options that included selective laser photocoagulation therapy for selective bipolar umbilical cord cauterization given the high likelihood of death in the recipient fetus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTTS)] Reference

The only treatment that addresses the underlying cause of the disease and has been shown to reduce the neurologic morbidity of Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome is fetoscopic laser photocoagulation of communicating inter-twin vessels across the surface of the placenta.    From Wordnik.com.  [Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTTS)] Reference

Pain relief during panretinal photocoagulation for diabetic retinopathy: a national survey.    From Wordnik.com.  [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference

Focal or grid photocoagulation became the standard of care for diabetic macular edema and has remained the mainstay of treatment since 1985.    From Wordnik.com.  [MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians] Reference

The only approved treatment for patients with DME is laser photocoagulation; however, this treatment does not improve vision once it is lost.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest News from SYS-CON ITALIA] Reference

(Lucentis) was added to photocoagulation laser treatment than with laser alone, according to results of a National Eye Institute-sponsored study.    From Wordnik.com.  [MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians] Reference

Anti-VEGF medicines may help stop vision loss in people who cannot benefit from other treatments such as laser photocoagulation or photodynamic therapy.    From Wordnik.com.  [American Chronicle] Reference

This procedure (in-womb surgery called fetoscopic laser photocoagulation) can be curative because the babies are no longer sharing blood vessels between them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hog House Blog] Reference

Dr. DeLia, a fetal surgeon in Chicago, was the doctor who invented the procedure that treats Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome - fetoscopic laser photocoagulation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dakota Voice] Reference

Michael Bebbington, M.D., of the CFDT, reviews current therapies for this condition, noting that the scientific evidence favors selective laser photocoagulation.    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference

Panretinal photocoagulation (PRP) for proliferative retinopathy is known to be painful for some people; however, few studies have explored the effects of pain on the procedure within clinical practice.    From Wordnik.com.  [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference

Now exclusively focused in the cataract therapeutic area, the company previously developed and commercialized the PASCAL Method of retinal photocoagulation, which was acquired by Topcon Corp. in August.    From Wordnik.com.  [Business Wire Travel News] Reference

In patients who do not respond to laser photocoagulation, vitrectomy (the surgical procedure used to produce a PVD) is currently used as a treatment, as vitreomacular adhesion is thought to play an important part in the disease.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest News from SYS-CON ITALIA] Reference

Eyes were randomly assigned to receive one of three treatments: photocoagulation (a laser treatment that destroys blood vessels) or a 1-milligram or 4-milligram injection of triamcinolone acetonide directly into the eye as often as every four months.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Times of India] Reference

In the study, each patient's eyes were randomly assigned to receive either a laser treatment (photocoagulation) for diabetic macular edema or an injection (1 or 4 milligrams) of triamcinolone acetonide directly into the eye as often as every four months.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE MEDICAL NEWS] Reference

The eyes received one of three treatments: photocoagulation -- a laser treatment that destroys blood vessels; a 1-milligram injection of the steroid triamcinolone acetonide directly into the eye as often as every four months; the same steroid regimen using a 4-milligram injection.    From Wordnik.com.  [Forbes.com: News] Reference

And reason number four might be because you live in a rural area, where specialized eye surgery isn't available, or where it might be available but local doctors have less experience in the procedures. (for example, cryosurgery for Choroidal melanoma, or laser photocoagulation for diabetic retinopathy).    From Wordnik.com.  [Blogger News Network] Reference

The study also collected data on a number of secondary outcome measures at one and two years, including the proportion of subjects with an improvement in vision at two years, changes in average visual acuity over time, proportion of eyes experiencing a change in the degree of retinopathy, the use of laser photocoagulation therapy, optical coherence tomography.    From Wordnik.com.  [RedOrbit News - Technology] Reference

"Any treatment to be used routinely to prevent proliferative diabetic retinopathy likely needs to be relatively safe because the condition already can be treated successfully and safely with panretinal photocoagulation. “Nevertheless, further investigation with regard to the role of pharmacotherapy for reduction of the incidence of progression of retinopathy appears to be warranted," they added.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Times of India] Reference

"Any treatment to be used routinely to prevent proliferative diabetic retinopathy likely needs to be relatively safe because the condition already can be treated successfully and safely with panretinal photocoagulation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Forbes.com: News] Reference

The angiogenesis inhibitor restored at least 10 letters of visual acuity in 50% of patients when the drug was followed quickly by photocoagulation and in 47% when photocoagulation was delayed, compared with 28% of patients who had laser treatment alone (.    From Wordnik.com.  [MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians] Reference

"OptiMedica's focus has always been on developing high-performance technology that delivers exceptional precision and control to the ophthalmic community, and we have proven our ability to do this in retina and glaucoma with the PASCAL® Method of photocoagulation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Business Wire Travel News] Reference

4) Currently available treatment options for DME consist of two main types of laser therapy: focal and grid photocoagulation.    From Wordnik.com.  [RedOrbit News - Technology] Reference