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Single session of Pascal versus multiple sessions of conventional laser for panretinal photocoagulation in
Praveen Muraly1, Poonam Limbad, Karthik Srinivasan
1Vitreo-Retina Clinic, Aravind Eye Hospital & Postgraduate Institute of Ophthalmology, Anna Nagar, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. drpraveenmuraly@gmail.com
Background:
Panretinal photocoagulation remains the gold standard for treatment of proliferative diabetic retinopathy, which can be done in a single session or in multiple sessions. However, because of different reasons, single session is less frequently practiced. We describe the results of a single session of pattern scan laser versus multiple sessions of conventional laser in cases of proliferative diabetic retinopathy.
Methods:
A prospective study was performed on 50 patients (100 eyes), in whom proliferative diabetic retinopathy was diagnosed recently. Two eyes of an individual patient were randomly assigned, one for a single session of panretinal photocoagulation using pattern scan laser and the other for multiple sessions of conventional laser.
Results:
Our study confirms that single session is effective and even better than conventional laser in relation to the effect of treatment.
Conclusion:
Complications and the associated pain are less; thus, the patient's acceptance of PASCAL was high, and a single session was well tolerated with topical anesthesia alone.
