Argon laser photocoagulation treatment of ocular fundus diseases.

Abstract

In May 1969, Zweng and others began their clinical argon laser photocoagulation studies with a slit lamp photocoagulator. Since argon laser photocoagulation systems were introduced in Japan in 1974, argon laser photocoagulation therapy was one of the important treatments for various ocular fundus diseases.
This is a report on the results of argon laser photocoagulation therapy performed over the past 6 years on 2.265 eyes with 20 kinds of ocular abnormalities. 87 percent of these reported ocular diseases were composed of (1) Central serous retinopathy (708 eyes), (2) Retinal detachment, retinal tear and peripheral lattice degeneration (480 eyes), (3) Retinal branch vein occlusion (462 eyes) and (4) Diabetic retinopathy (326 eyes). In the typical cases of the above ocular diseases there were shown indication and photocoagulation approach of argon laser photocoagulation.