pan-retinal photocoagulation (PRP)

Indications

• diabetic retinopathy

Procedure

• delivers several thousand small burns to the periphery of the retina which results in avascular scarring & shriveling of the vessels
• this results in more blood flow for the central part of the retina in order to preserve central vision, binocular vision & depth perception

Complications

• deterioration of peripheral vision
• decreased night vision

More general terms

• photocoagulation