Laser Focus
Laser used to treat a patient with retinal ischemia and neovascularization.
What is panretinal photocoagulation (PRP)?
Lipid and protein deposits in the retina that appear as yellow, well-defined spots, often found in diabetic retinopathy or other vascular retinal diseases
What is Drusen?
Name an upcoming NPDR study (1).
What is Helios - 3?
This patient has non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy with diabetic macular edema in the right eye, and wet AMD with subretinal hemorrhage in the left eye.
Recommend Lucentis * in both eyes today.
OD: Lucentis 0.3mg
OS: Lucentis 0.5mg
VEGF stands for this, a protein that stimulates the growth of new blood vessels.
What is Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor?
Laser used to treat a patient with retinal holes, tears, and/or detachments.
What is LIO (Laser Indirect Ophthalmoscope)/Barrier laser?
Causes sudden, severe loss of vision affecting the entire visual field.
What is Central Retinal Artery Occlusion?
Name an upcoming wetAMD study (1).
What is Achieve?
Name 2 intravitreal steroid injections.
What is Ozurdex and Iluvien?
This condition has a 50% chance of spontaneous resolution and 50% chance of macular hole formation.
What is vitreomacular traction (VMT)?
Common laser treatment used to treat a patient with CNV.
What is Photodynamic Therapy (PDT)?
Name three diagnoses that can cause neovascular glaucoma (NVG), and the type of neovascularization responsible.
What is PDR, RVO, RAO and iris neovascularization?
Name 2 wetAMD studies (currently paused)
What is Super Tuscan and KLRS-100?
Patient receiving a steroid injection for cystoid macular edema.
What is Sub-Tenon's Kenalog (STK)?
Patient presents with severe eye pain, large subconjunctival hemorrhage, and hypopyon 1 day s/p intravitreal Eylea HD.
What is Endophthalmitis?
Laser treatment used to treat for a patient with DME (2).
What is Micropulse/Focal Laser?
Key distinction on optos photos that help determine the difference between vitreous hemorrhage and subretinal hemorrhage.
What is subretinal hemorrhage? → Retinal vessels are visible over the area of hemorrhage
What is vitreous hemorrhage? → Retinal vessels are not visible
Name a BRVO study (currently paused)
What is Super Tuscan?
Photodynamic therapy for wet AMD uses this light-activated medication to selectively close abnormal blood vessels.
What is Visudyne?
360 laser treatment performed at time of vitrectomy.
What is Endolaser?
Patient presents with intraretinal hemorrhages in the superotemporal quadrant. Today's angiogram shows neovascularization elsewhere and non-capillary perfusion.
What is PRP laser?
Name three diagnoses that can cause neovascular glaucoma (NVG), and the type of neovascularization responsible.
What is PDR, RVO, RAO and iris neovascularization?
Name the current research studies for Geographic Atrophy (2).
What is Sienna and Gallop?
Name an antiVEGF injection that treats for wAMD ONLY.
What is Beovu?
JACKPOT: Name the #1 leading cause for blindness in America.