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<blockquote data-quote="agwagw" data-source="post: 2383217" data-attributes="member: 415845"><p>Interesting. Though the first discussion you cite is the opinions of an individual opthamologist who favours laser and his few references are from the 70s and 80s. The second paper comes out pretty clearly that anti-VEGF is effective as long as it continues to be administered (ref comments about patients being 'lost' to follow up having worse outcomes). Some laser treatment certainly works in my experience, but the outcomes are partially dependant on the skill and dexterity of the individual opthamologist.</p><p></p><p>My point about antiVEGF enabling improvements holds. I have lost a fair bit of night-time peripheral vision due to the laser treatment and that will never recover.</p><p></p><p>This is the study I mentioned - though it looks at Avastin rather than Eyelea (I have read elsewhere that Eyelea is superior but I can't lay my hands on that study at the moment).</p><p></p><p><a href="https://journals.lww.com/retinajournal/Abstract/2017/02000/INTRAVITREAL_BEVACIZUMAB_FOR_PROLIFERATIVE.14.aspx" target="_blank">https://journals.lww.com/retinajournal/Abstract/2017/02000/INTRAVITREAL_BEVACIZUMAB_FOR_PROLIFERATIVE.14.aspx</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="agwagw, post: 2383217, member: 415845"] Interesting. Though the first discussion you cite is the opinions of an individual opthamologist who favours laser and his few references are from the 70s and 80s. The second paper comes out pretty clearly that anti-VEGF is effective as long as it continues to be administered (ref comments about patients being 'lost' to follow up having worse outcomes). Some laser treatment certainly works in my experience, but the outcomes are partially dependant on the skill and dexterity of the individual opthamologist. My point about antiVEGF enabling improvements holds. I have lost a fair bit of night-time peripheral vision due to the laser treatment and that will never recover. This is the study I mentioned - though it looks at Avastin rather than Eyelea (I have read elsewhere that Eyelea is superior but I can't lay my hands on that study at the moment). [URL]https://journals.lww.com/retinajournal/Abstract/2017/02000/INTRAVITREAL_BEVACIZUMAB_FOR_PROLIFERATIVE.14.aspx[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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