PURPOSE: To study the relationship between exudative age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy and assess the influence of retinal laser photocoagulation for diabetic retinopathy on the occurrence of exudative age-related macular degeneration. METHODS: Two groups, one of diabetic retinopathy patients treated with laser and the other of non-laser-treated diabetic retinopathy patients, were studied by means of fundoscopy and fluorescein angiography for the presence of exudative age-related macular degeneration. RESULTS: Exudative age-related macular degeneration was not observed in 431 patients treated with laser photocoagulation, and was diagnosed in 3.3% of 151 non-laser-treated patients. CONCLUSION: Patients treated by laser photocoagulation for diabetic retinopathy are less prone to develop the exudative form of age-related macular degeneration.
PURPOSE: To study the relationship between exudative age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy and assess the influence of retinal laser photocoagulation for diabetic retinopathy on the occurrence of exudative age-related macular degeneration. METHODS: Two groups, one of diabetic retinopathypatients treated with laser and the other of non-laser-treated diabetic retinopathypatients, were studied by means of fundoscopy and fluorescein angiography for the presence of exudative age-related macular degeneration. RESULTS: Exudative age-related macular degeneration was not observed in 431 patients treated with laser photocoagulation, and was diagnosed in 3.3% of 151 non-laser-treated patients. CONCLUSION:Patients treated by laser photocoagulation for diabetic retinopathy are less prone to develop the exudative form of age-related macular degeneration.
Authors: Zhang Yongpeng; Wang Yaxing; Zhou Jinqiong; Wang Qian; Yan Yanni; Yang Xuan; Yang Jingyan; Zhou Wenjia; Wang Ping; Shen Chang; Yang Ming; Luan Yanan; Wang Jinyuan; Wu Shouling; Chen Shuohua; Wang Haiwei; Fang Lijian; Wan Qianqian; Zhu Jingyuan; Nie Zihan; Chen Yuning; Xie Ying; Jost B Jonas; Wei Wenbin Journal: Front Public Health Date: 2022-07-18