Single-session short-duration pattern-scanning laser PRP may be appropriate for advanced diabetic retinopathy

SAN FRANCISCO — Short-duration pattern-scanning laser panretinal photocoagulation completed in a single session can be recommended for patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy with or without macular edema when clinically indicated, according to a study presented here. However, “In severe nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy, divided session PRP would be preferable, even with a pattern scanning laser,” Edmund Y.M. Wong, MBBS, MMed, FRCS, FAMS, said in the presentation given at the American Society of Retina Specialists meeting.