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Treatment of Coats' disease with photocoagulation

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71 eyes with Coats' disease were treated with photocoagulation. By coagulation of the abnormal vessels the disease process could be halted in 64 eyes over a mean observation time of 2 years and 3 months after completion of treatment. In 51 of these eyes the lipoid deposits regressed. In only 7 eyes a progression of the disease could not be prevented. Complications of photocoagulation treatment were not observed.

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71 Augen mit Morbus Coats wurden mit Lichtkoagulation behandelt. Durch Koagulation der abnormen Gefäße konnte ein Fortschreiten der Erkrankung bei 64 Augen über einen Beobachtungszeitraum von durchschnittlich 2 Jahren und 3 Monaten nach Abschluß der Behandlung vermieden werden. In 51 Augen bildeten sich auch die Lipoidablagerungen zurück. Nur bei 7 Augen war eine Progression des Leidens nicht zu verhindern. Komplikationen der Koagulationsbehandlung wurden nicht beobachtet.

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    M. Spitznas, F. Joussen & A. Wessing

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Spitznas, M., Joussen, F. & Wessing, A. Treatment of Coats' disease with photocoagulation. Albrecht von Graefes Arch. Klin. Ophthalmol. 199, 31–37 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00660813

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