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ArticleMedicine2016

Selective Retina Therapy in Patients With Chronic Central Serous Chorioretinopathy: A Pilot Study.

Seungbum Kang, Young Gun Park, Jae Ryun Kim, Eric Seifert, Dirk Theisen-Kunde, Ralf Brinkmann, Young Jung Roh

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Article in Medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 23 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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23citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Interventions for central serous chorioretinopathy: a network meta-analysis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025
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  12. Retinal pigment epithelial responses based on the irradiation density of selective retina therapy.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2021
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  13. Central Serous Chorioretinopathy: Treatment with Laser.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020
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  17. Comparison of the tissue response of selective retina therapy with or without real-time feedback-controlled dosimetry.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2018
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  18. Comparison of pre-retinal oxygen pressure changes after selective retina therapy versus conventional photocoagulation in the rabbit eye.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2018
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  20. Selective retina therapy with automatic real-time feedback-controlled dosimetry for chronic central serous chorioretinopathy in Korean patients.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2017
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Seungbum KangFrom the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea (SK, YGP, JRK, YJR); Clinical Research Institute, Daejeon St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Daejeon, Republic of Korea (SK); and Medical Laser Center Lübeck GmbH, Lübeck, Germany (ES, DT-K, RB).
Young Gun Park
Jae Ryun Kim
Eric Seifert
Dirk Theisen-Kunde
Ralf Brinkmann
Young Jung Roh
Haut- und Lasercentrum Potsdam · DEThe Catholic University of Korea Daejeon St. Mary's Hospital · KRThe Catholic University of Korea Yeouido St. Mary's Hospital · KRYasouj University · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We evaluated visual outcomes, changes of maximum macular thickness (MMT) and subretinal fluid (SRF), and safety in patients with chronic central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC) after treatment with selective retina therapy (SRT). Retrospective cohort study of patients with chronic CSC presenting to a university-based hospital from January 2014 through January 2015 was conducted. A total of 12 eyes of 12 patients with chronic CSC lasting for at least 3 months was recruited. The follow-up period ranged from 3 to 12 months. Following evaluation of test spots at temporal arcades, SRT (Q-switched neodymium-doped yttrium lithium fluoride [Nd:YLF] laser; wavelength, 527 nm, pulse duration, 1.7 microsececond) was applied to the surrounding areas of leakage observed on fluorescein angiogram and/or pigment epithelial detachment (PED). Changes in best-correct visual acuity (BCVA), MMT, and SRF and macular sensitivity (MS) by microperimetry (MP) were evaluated. Eyes received treatment in a mean of 3.83 spots at the pulse energy of 65 to 90 μJ. Mean BCVA (logMAR) improved from 0.23 ± 0.12 at baseline to 0.14 ± 0.13 at 3 months. MMT decreased from 341.4 ± 85.5 μm at baseline to 236.0 ± 57.9 μm at 3 months. SRF completely resolved in 75% (9 eyes) at 3 months. Large PEDs (2 eyes) were flattened at 3 months. Retreatment was performed in 4 eyes. MP showed no evidence of scotoma around SRT-treated lesions. SRT treatment targeting the surrounding area of leakage point showed favorable visual and structural outcomes in chronic CSC patients without the risk of scotoma.

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AdultCentral Serous ChorioretinopathyFemaleHumansLaser TherapyMaleMiddle AgedPilot ProjectsRetinaRetrospective StudiesTreatment OutcomeVisual Acuity

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PMCPMC4998269
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