Orth D H, Flood T P, Packo K H
Irwin Retina Center, Ingalls Hospital, Harvey, Ill. 60426.
Ophthalmic Surg. 1989 Apr;20(4):273-7.
A major cause for failure of krypton red laser photocoagulation in patients with exudative age-related macular degeneration has been the development of recurrent choroidal neovascularization adjacent to the previously treated areas. After reviewing the possible causes of recurrences, it is apparent that a certain number are iatrogenic, ie, induced by krypton red laser causing disruption and damage to the pigment epithelium-Bruch's membrane-choroidal complex. We describe three separate episodes in two patients of iatrogenic recurrent choroidal neovascularization after krypton red laser photocoagulation.
氪红激光光凝治疗渗出性年龄相关性黄斑变性患者失败的一个主要原因是在先前治疗区域附近出现复发性脉络膜新生血管。在回顾复发的可能原因后，很明显有一定数量的复发是医源性的，即由氪红激光引起色素上皮- Bruch膜-脉络膜复合体的破坏和损伤所致。我们描述了两名患者在氪红激光光凝后发生医源性复发性脉络膜新生血管的三个独立病例。
