[Use of complex compression diagnostic test for defining the indications for surgical treatment of atherosclerotic chorioretinal dystrophy].

Complex compression diagnostic test was carried out in 38 patients (72 eyes) with atherosclerotic maculodystrophy in order to define the indications for and predict the results of treatment by direct laser phoresis. The results of the test were assessed for 4 parameters: vision acuity, critical frequency of fusion of flashes, visocontrastometry, and rheography. The preoperative values did not reliably differ from the postoperative ones. Complex compression test can be used to predict the results of surgery for atherosclerotic maculodystrophies aimed at improving the hemodynamics and microcirculation in the posterior compartment of the eye.