The College of Optometrists

what does this mean? Whay is panretinal photocoag? All i knw is pt's with crvo may benefit from it if there is retinal or iris neovasc

what uni did u go to?

don't you mean, did you go to uni?

stop being mean both of u, i bet u both have had questions that were obvious to others in the past and in the future

I think both of u need to see things from other points of view. You know that you are both kidding yourselves if you think you know everything there is to know about optometry-and i am positive you have probably asked yourselves questions about things which are obvious to the rest of us but not yourselves.

Get with the programme we cant know anything and everything as i am not a 20yr experienced optom-i just hope neither of u ever make supervisors as i can see from your responses that you will be totally unapproachable

since no one has actally answered the question yet, PRP is the technical name used for argon laser treatment to the retina. Pan retinal specifically refers to the fact that thousands of tiny burns are made in the peripheral retina. The physiology of how it works is not completely understood (or maybe just not by me!!). The best theory i'm aware of is that by killing off these little bits of retina, the overall demand for blood supply is reduced, therefore the eye is less likely to produce vasoproliferative substances which lead to new vessel formation. This makes it suitable for anyone who has or is at high risk of retinal or iris neovasc, as you said, eg. CRVO, BRVO advanced diabetic retinopathy. Depending on the extent of the PRP, there can be some field loss in the area which has been treated (ie. periphery) and DVLA often require estermann for these patients following treatment.

Lisa

moving off topic a little, just wanted to let surin know that when I was 6 months qualified (ie. passed pqe) i suddenly realised one day that when checking x-cyl axis, there is more than one position in which you can hold the x-cyl, especially if you're holding it accross the patients nose, or you feel like your arm's about to fall off!! No-one leaves their pre reg knowing everything, never mind those still in the middle of it! :-)

hi

thanks ljc for clarifying things!