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Eight-year follow-up of central serous chorioretinopathy with and without laser treatment

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A long-term retrospective study was conducted on two groups of patients affected with typical central serous chorioretinopathy (CSCR). One group was not treated and the other was treated by direct argon laser photocoagulation. CSCR shows a long-term good prognosis of visual acuity. The visual acuity of laser-treated eyes improves significantly (P ≤ 0.05), particularly in single focus cases (P ≤ 0.01). Unfortunately, these results cannot be statistically compared to the natural course of the non-treated patients because of the initial inhomogeneity of the two groups. Laser treatment did not produce any long-term complications. The recurrence rate in treated and untreated eyes was similar.

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  1. Clinica Oculistica dell' Universita' degli Studi di Milano, H.S. Raffaele, Milano, Italy

    R. Brancato, A. Scialdone & A. Pece

  2. Clinique Ophtalmologique, Universitaire de Creteil, Creteil, France

    G. Coscas & M. Binaghi

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Brancato, R., Scialdone, A., Pece, A. et al. Eight-year follow-up of central serous chorioretinopathy with and without laser treatment. Graefe's Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 225, 166–168 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02175443

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