Vascular remodeling after laser photocoagulation: concurrent regeneration and atrophy.
Vascular remodeling after laser photocoagulation: concurrent regeneration and atrophy.
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激光光凝后的血管重塑:同时再生和萎缩。
DOI:
10.1159/000147241
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发表时间:
1992
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通讯作者:
G. Korte
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作者:
A. Pollack;G. Korte
Laser photocoagulation is associated with paradoxical results: it causes obliteration of vessels, but leads also to the formation of new ones. In an attempt to better understand this dual vascular response we conducted an ultrastructure study of the choroidal vascular repair following krypton laser injury in rats. Three processes were observed: recanalization, neovascularization, and atrophy of both recanalized and newly formed capillaries. Post-lasering repair of the choroidal vasculature can therefore be described as a remodeling process, characterized by both regeneration and involution. The latter appears to be a secondary process of atrophy, contributing to permanent vascular obliteration. These mechanisms might explain why, in spite of initial vascular regeneration, laser photocoagulation treatment has a beneficial effect on choroidal subretinal neovascularization.