Author(s) Details:
Oderinlo Olufemi
Eye Foundation Hospital, GRA Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria.
Bulus Stanley Sano
Department of Ophthalmology, Barau Dikko Teaching Hospital, Kaduna State University, Kaduna, Kaduna State, Nigeria.
Umeh Victor
Eye Foundation Hospital, GRA Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria.
Lateefat Oshunkoya
|Eye Foundation Hospital, GRA Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria.
Adekunle Hassan
Eye Foundation Hospital, GRA Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria.
This section is a part of the chapter: Outcomes of Laser Photocoagulation for Goldberg Stage 3 Proliferative Sickle Cell Retinopathy (PSR) in an Eye Foundation Hospital: A Review
Eyes with cataracts, vitreous hemorrhage, retinal detachment, previous laser photocoagulation, and previous ocular surgery were excluded. Patients with other associated retinopathies like diabetic and hypertensive retinopathy were also excluded.
Visual acuities were classified by the World Health Organization (WHO) classification of vision using Snellen’s VA charts, and Log MAR notations were used to compare visual outcomes for laser-treated eyes (GBD 2019). Demographics were expressed as frequencies and percentages. Statistical analyses were performed using IBM SPSS Statistics Version 22 (IBM Corp., Armonk, NY, USA) (Olufemi et al., 2023.). Differences in mean were calculated using Student’s t-test, and P-values less than 0.05 were considered to be statistically significant (Olufemi et al., 2023.). The Iridex 532 Argon Laser with slit lamp delivery was used for treatment in all cases. The treatment protocol included extended 1 mm anterior and posterior laser photocoagulation with 1 clock hour on each side of the sea fan neovascularization (Olufemi et al., 2023.). Sufficient power to produce mild whitening of the retina was used. The number and extent of burns used depended on the size of the PSR lesion and the surgeons’ discretion. Laser photocoagulation was done in sessions depending on surgeons’ preference and patients’ pain threshold (Olufemi et al., 2023.). Successful treatment outcome was defined as clinical regression of neovascularization with no fresh vitreous hemorrhage within 4 months of treatment.
How to Cite
Olufemi, O., Sano, B. S., Victor, U., Oshunkoya, L., & Hassan, A. (2025). Outcomes of Laser Photocoagulation for Goldberg Stage 3 Proliferative Sickle Cell Retinopathy (PSR) in an Eye Foundation Hospital: A Review. Medical Science: Trends and Innovations Vol. 4, 143–151. https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/msti/v4/4154