A Panphotocoagulation is an outpatient surgical procedure that consists of the application of a laser beam to the retina of the human eye in order to destroy excess endothelial and fleshy formation that can originate by obstructing the visibility of the patient. Panphotocoagulation is in fact an intervention that with precise and exact care can be used to eliminate any obstruction present in the patient's visibility. Basically what is sought with the application of this laser beam in the eye, is the elimination of the possibility that the ocular tissue regenerates, forming new ocular vessels.
It is a quick, simple and effective procedure for the objective it was intended for, it produces some pain in the area where the laser is “fired”. Pupil dilation and local anesthesia are required to perform Panphotocoagulation. The most characteristic disadvantage of this procedure is the sacrifice of the peripheral vision to save a little more of the specific vision of the eye.
This procedure is the indicated treatment for patients diagnosed with Diabetic Retinopathy, which produces bleeding in the retina, obstructing vision, depending on the size of the blood stain that is produced. Diabetic Retinopathy is part of the degenerative sub diseases that occur as a result of diabetes, therefore it has no cure, panphotocoagulation slows the process or progress of the disease in the patient's eyes, the complications of this process vary between the possibilities of being aggressive the disease or the lack of constant ophthalmological medical control.
