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Choroidal neovascularization after laser photocoagulation for diabetic macular edema
H Lewis1, A P Schachat, M H Haimann
1Jules Stein Eye Institute, University of California Los Angeles 90024-7007.
Ophthalmology
|April 1, 1990
Abstract:
Choroidal neovascular membranes (CNVMs) developed in eight patients after photocoagulation for clinically significant diabetic macular edema (DME). The CNVMs developed in areas where Bruch's membrane was ruptured and were diagnosed 2 weeks to 5 months after treatment. Only six patients had symptoms. The CNVMs were treated in four patients; final visual acuity was poor in all eight patients. This serious complication that follows laser treatment for DME may be related to the use of repeated small-size, short-duration laser or intense laser burns, or both.