The side effects of retinal photocoagulation mainly include complications such as iris damage, lens damage, retinal tear, retinal hemorrhage, and exudative retinal detachment.

What are the side effects of retinal photocoagulation?

The main complications of retinal photocoagulation include iris damage, lens damage, retinal tear, retinal hemorrhage, and exudative retinal detachment. During peripheral retinal photocoagulation, the laser may burn the iris. The lens may absorb scattered laser energy, resulting in lens opacity. Excessive photocoagulation treatment energy can cause retinal tears at the laser site. Laser injury to retinal vessels can cause hemorrhage, and excessive hemorrhage can cause vitreous hemorrhage. After photocoagulation, the inflammatory response is obvious, and exudative retinal detachment may occur, which can resolve spontaneously after general drug treatment.

What is retinal photocoagulation?

Retinal laser photocoagulation is widely used and is the most common treatment method for retinal diseases, such as retinal vascular diseases and mild retinal tears. For example, in retinal vascular diseases, relevant fundus examination is performed. If there is a large area of retinal hemorrhage, fundus fluorescein angiography is performed to determine the specific range where laser can be applied, and then the operation is prepared.