Document 2907
 DOCN  M94A2907
 TI    Laser photocoagulation in AIDS patients with CMV retinitis.
 DT    9412
 AU    Kosmides P; Ladas JD; Dadoush G; Nicolaidou S; Koulios P; Vergados J;
       Liarikos S; St. Savvas Hospital Eye Clinic, Athens, Greece.
 SO    Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):198 (abstract no. PB0219). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94369668
 AB    OBJECTIVE: In our multicenter study 61 patients 89 Eyes with active
       disease or scarred CMV retinitis were studied. We studied the rate of
       retinal detachment and the role of Laser photocoagulation in CMV
       retinitis. METHODS: Ten 10 patients who developed retinal detachment in
       one eye received prophylactic laser photocoagulation in the Fellow Eye.
       Eight (8) patients received laser treatment during the healing phase and
       two (2) during the active phase because they developed a limited
       traction retinal detachment. RESULTS: Only one (1) of the eight (8)
       patients who received prophylactic Laser photocoagulation developed
       retinal detachment after 16 months of follow up. Both of the patients
       with the limited traction retinal detachment who received laser
       photocoagulation developed total retinal detachment. CONCLUSIONS:
       Prophylactic Laser photocoagulation may play a roll in prevention of
       retinal detachment if given during the healing phase of the disease.
 DE    Convalescence  Cytomegalovirus Retinitis/COMPLICATIONS  Follow-Up
       Studies  Human  *Laser Coagulation  Retinal
       Detachment/EPIDEMIOLOGY/ETIOLOGY/*PREVENTION & CONTROL/  SURGERY
       Treatment Outcome  CLINICAL TRIAL  MEETING ABSTRACT  MULTICENTER STUDY

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