Ophthalmology Times
Therapy with a selective retinal treatment (SRT) laser may play a role in treatment of various retinal diseases. The treatment has the advantages of being noninvasive and does not damage tissue, said Lucia Pelosini, MRCOphth, of St. Thomas' Hospital, London.
"The great advantage of this treatment is that the photoreceptors can be spared as shown by microperimetry immediately after SRT treatment," Dr. Pelosini said. "The mechanism that this treatment uses differs from that of conventional laser photocoagulation in that the SRT laser uses a thermomechanical mechanism that allows precise treatment of the retinal pigment epithelium."