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ArticleMedical hypothesis, discovery & innovation ophthalmology journal2018

Combined Argon Laser and Low Dose Acetylsalicylic acid in Treatment of Acute Central Serous Chorioretinopathy.

Alahmady Hamad Alsmman, Engy Mohamed Mostafa, Amr Mounir

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Article in Medical hypothesis, discovery & innovation ophthalmology journal, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alahmady Hamad AlsmmanSohag Faculty of Medicine, Ophthalmology Department, Sohag, Egypt.
Engy Mohamed MostafaSohag Faculty of Medicine, Ophthalmology Department, Sohag, Egypt.
Amr MounirSohag Faculty of Medicine, Ophthalmology Department, Sohag, Egypt.
Sohag University · EG

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study was designed to evaluate the efficacy of low-dose of oral acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin) with focal argon laser for the treatment of acute central serous chorioretinopathy (CSCR). In this prospective case-control study, 40 Patients with acute CSCR were classified randomly to two groups; group A with no treatment as the control group and group B with argon Laser in focal treatment once, followed by aspirin, 100 mg per day orally, with follow up period of 12 months by evaluation of visual acuity, and by Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), every three months for one year. Patients in the second group treated with argon Laser and aspirin showed more clinically significant improvement in both visual acuity and OCT macular thickness by the end of the follow-up period when compared with the observational group. It was concluded that argon Laser with low-dose oral aspirin results in improvement of visual acuity and OCT macular thickness.

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Acetylsalicylic AcidArgon LaserCentral Serous ChorioretinopathyMacular ThicknessOptical Coherence Tomography (OCT)

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PMID30386802
PMCPMC6205675
OpenAlexW3024701401

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