USE OF ARGON-LASER PHOTOCOAGULATION IN THE TREATMENT OF RECURRENT TRICHIASIS - LONG-TERM RESULTS

Authors
LADAS ID KARAMAOUNAS N VERGADOS J DAMANAKIS A THEODOSSIADIS GP
Citation
Id. Ladas et al., USE OF ARGON-LASER PHOTOCOAGULATION IN THE TREATMENT OF RECURRENT TRICHIASIS - LONG-TERM RESULTS, Ophthalmologica, 207(2), 1993, pp. 90
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Ophthalmology
Journal title
Ophthalmologica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00303755
Volume
207
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-3755(1993)207:2<90:UOAPIT>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
We describe our technique and analyze the long-term results of the use of argon laser photocoagulation in the treatment of 92 eyes with recu rrent trichiasis. In spite of an incidence of recurrences of 64.1% whi ch had to undergo a new laser photocoagulation session, the final succ ess rate of the method was impressive (91.3%). The number of misdirect ed cilia per lid seems to constitute an important factor which affects both the rate of recurrences and the success rate of the procedure.