ArticleGraefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie2017
Teleophthalmology image-based navigated retinal laser therapy for diabetic macular edema: a concept of retinal telephotocoagulation.
Article in Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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- Different approaches for treating myopic choroidal neovascularization: a network Meta-analysis.International journal of ophthalmology · 2023Article
- The Role of Telemedicine, In-Home Testing and Artificial Intelligence to Alleviate an Increasingly Burdened Healthcare System: Diabetic Retinopathy.Ophthalmology and therapy · 2021Review
- Application of 5G Technology to Conduct Real-Time Teleretinal Laser Photocoagulation for the Treatment of Diabetic Retinopathy.JAMA ophthalmology · 2021Article
- Teleophthalmology and Artificial Intelligence As Game Changers in Ophthalmic Care After the COVID-19 Pandemic.Cureus · 2021Review
- The Role of Imaging in Planning Treatment for Central Serous Chorioretinopathy.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- A renaissance of teleophthalmology through artificial intelligence.Eye (London, England) · 2019Article
- Informed consent in refractive surgery: in-person vs telemedicine approach.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2018Article
- Teleophthalmology in Saudi Arabia.Saudi journal of ophthalmology : official journal of the Saudi Ophthalmological SocietyReview
- Teleguided photocoagulation treatments across continents with a remotely programmed laser for retinal diseases.Therapeutic advances in ophthalmologyArticle
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Abstract
backgroundTo determine the feasibility and efficacy of a retinal telephotocoagulation treatment plan for diabetic macular edema.
methodsProspective, interventional cohort study at two clinical sites. Sixteen eyes of ten subjects with diabetic macular edema underwent navigated focal laser photocoagulation using a novel teleretinal treatment plan. Clinic 1 (King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) collected retinal images and fundus fluorescein angiogram. Clinic 2 (Palmetto Retina Center, West Columbia, SC, USA) created image-based treatment plans based on which macular laser photocoagulation was performed back at clinic 1. The primary outcome of the study was feasibility of image transfer and performing navigated laser photocoagulation for subjects with diabetic macular edema between two distant clinics. Secondary measures were change in best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) and central retinal thickness (CRT) by spectral-domain optical coherence tomography at 3 months after treatment.
resultsThe teleretinal treatment plan was able to be successfully completed in all 16 eyes. The mean logMAR BCVA at baseline was 0.49 ± 0.1, which remained stable (0.45 ± 0.1) 3 months after treatment (p = 0.060). The CRT improved from 290.1 ± 37.6 μm at baseline to 270.8 ± 27.7 μm 3 months after treatment (p = 0.005). All eyes demonstrated improvement in the area of retinal edema after laser photocoagulation, and no eyes demonstrated visual acuity loss 3 months after treatment.
conclusionThis study introduces the concept of retinal telephotocoagulation for diabetic macular edema, and demonstrates the feasibility and safety of using telemedicine to perform navigated retinal laser treatments regardless of geographical distance.
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