English: panretinal photocoagulation techniques

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Hi everyone,

An author writes of the usefulness of panretinal photocoagulation, and

briefly compares " full " with " mild " techniques.

Panfotocoagulación Full (completa, cerrada, verdadera)

Panfotocoagulación Mild (extensa, leve, abierta)

Unfortunately, I cannot find any description (especially in English) of

the differences in the techniques that would allow me to find standard

descriptive terms for " completa, cerrada, verdadera,extensa, leve,

abierta " in this context. Those descriptions of the difference I do find

refer pretty much only to the number of burns made.

Does anyone know of a good description in English of the differences

between these two techniques, or know the actual terms used?

Thanks in advance,

Burns

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On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 10:18 AM, Gerard Burns <

gmichaelburns@...> wrote:

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> Hi everyone,

>

> An author writes of the usefulness of panretinal photocoagulation, and

> briefly compares " full " with " mild " techniques.

>

> Panfotocoagulación Full (completa, cerrada, verdadera)

> Panfotocoagulación Mild (extensa, leve, abierta)

>

> Unfortunately, I cannot find any description (especially in English) of

> the differences in the techniques that would allow me to find standard

> descriptive terms for " completa, cerrada, verdadera,extensa, leve,

> abierta " in this context. Those descriptions of the difference I do find

> refer pretty much only to the number of burns made.

>

> Does anyone know of a good description in English of the differences

> between these two techniques, or know the actual terms used?

>

The ES Wiki article on Fotocoagulación retiniana [

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fotocoagulación_retiniana ]

states, " Puede tratarse un area pequeña de la retina, o una zona extensa,

en cuyo caso la técnica se denomina fotocoagulación panretiniana. "

So workable (if kludgey) versions might be:

fotocoagulación panretiniana de una zona extensa

fotocoagulación panretiniana de un area pequeña

HTH