R. Axer-Siegel

Argon laser treatment of senile retinoschisis.

Yassur, Y, Feldberg, R, Axer-Siegel, R, Silverston, B, Manor, R, Ben-Sira, I

Fifty-seven eyes of 49 patients with senile retinoschisis were treated by argon laser photocoagulation and followed up for 3 to 6 years. In most of the treated eyes the retinoschisis either...

Effect of partial cryoablation on retinopathy of prematurity.

Nissenkorn, I, Axer-Siegel, R, Kremer, I, Ben-Sira, I

Cryotherapy has been shown to be an effective treatment for retinopathy of prematurity stage 3. It is said to reduce the unfavourable outcome of the disease by 50%. The accepted method of therapy...

Evaluation of bilirubin as possible protective factor in the prevention of retinopathy of prematurity.

Gaton, D D, Gold, J, Axer-Siegel, R, Wielunsky, E, Naor, N, Nissenkorn, I

Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) appears to be a multifactorial disease, the prevention of which is probably impossible even with the most accurate methods of blood-gas monitoring and oxygen...

Retinal thickness variation in the diabetic patient measured by the retinal thickness analyser

Weinberger, D., Axer-Siegel, R., Landau, D., Yassur, Y.

AIM—To evaluate the potential of the retinal thickness analyser (RTA) as an objective tool for assessment and follow up of diabetic macular oedema.
METHODS—A prototype of the RTA that operates...

Diode laser treatment of posterior retinopathy of prematurity

Axer-Siegel, R., Snir, M., Cotlear, D., Maayan, A., Frilling, R., Rosenbaltt, I., ...

AIMS—To study the efficacy of infrared diode laser for the treatment of posterior retinopathy of prematurity (ROP).
METHODS—48 eyes of 25 premature babies (mean birth weight 779 (SD 127.7) g;...

Analgesic effect of topical sodium diclofenac 0.1% drops during retinal laser photocoagulation

Weinberger, D., Ron, Y., Lichter, H., Rosenblat, I., Axer-Siegel, R., Yassur, Y.

AIMS—To evaluate the analgesic effect of topical sodium diclofenac 0.1% during retinal laser photocoagulation.
METHODS—87 patients, 45 with proliferative diabetic retinopathy treated with two...

Refraction and keratometry in 40 week old premature (corrected age) and term infants

Snir, M, Friling, R, Weinberger, D, Sherf, I, Axer-Siegel, R

Aim: To compare refraction and keratometry readings between premature and term babies at 40 weeks’ postconceptional age (PCA), and the possible effect of birth weight (BW) and gestational age (GA)...