Treatment
Barrage laser is at times done prophylactically around a hole or tear associated with lattice degeneration in an eye at risk of developing a retinal detachment.
Barrage laser has not shown to be effective in preventing retinal detachment in patients with asymptomatic lattice degeneration. So prophylactic treatment for asymptomatic lattice degeneration with laser coagulation is useless.
However laser photocoagulation has been shown to reduce risks of retinal detachment in symptomatic lattice degeneration. However there are documented cases where retina detached from areas which were otherwise healthy despite being treated previously with laser.
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