Questions remain about use of ‘nondamaging’ retinal laser therapies

To see, or not to see, that is the question.Prince Hamlet in the so-called “nunnery scene” of William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet did not deal with laser irradiation but still can inspire our modern dilemma in ophthalmology: Is “nondamaging” retinal laser therapy, as Wood and colleagues named it, a viable option for treating not only central serous chorioretinopathy but other retinal conditions, or should we still treat our patients with a coagulative and visible effect?

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