PURPOSE: To evaluate the long-term clinical efficacy and safety of gas tamponade combined with laser photocoagulation for optic disc pit @entity1020 . METHODS: Seven consecutive @entity1 with unilateral @entity1020 associated with optic disc pit and one @entity1 with bilateral optic disc pit @entity1020 were given @entity16681 ( @entity38096 ) tamponade combined with focal laser photocoagulation treatment. @entity1 were followed up for 21-62 months after treatment. Main outcomes were determined by optical coherence tomography (OCT) and best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA). RESULTS: Treatment with C3F8 tamponade followed by laser photocoagulation in ODP @entity1020 @entity1 resulted in resolution of sub-retinal and/or intra-retinal fluid in six out of eight @entity1 . The remaining two @entity1 had significant reduction in fluid, as determined by OCT, and funduscopy, as well as an improvement in anatomical architecture. Visual acuity improved obviously in seven eyes and remained stable in two eyes. Central @entity227 after photocoagulation was not clinically appreciable by visual field examination. No post-operative complications of @entity1020 occurred during the follow-up period. CONCLUSIONS: Although repeated treatment was needed in some @entity1 , C3F8 tamponade combined with laser photocoagulation is still a simple, effective, minimally invasive, and economic therapy for optic disc pit @entity1020 .

Gas tamponade combined with laser photocoagulation therapy for congenital optic disc pit XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Patients', 'patients', 'patient'] @entity227 :: ('MESH:D014786', 'Disease') :: ['visual field loss'] @entity16681 :: ('MESH:C042852', 'Chemical') :: ['octafluoropropane'] @entity38096 :: ('CHEBI:31980', 'Chemical') :: ['C3F8'] @entity1020 :: ('MESH:D008268', 'Disease') :: ['maculopathy']
@entity1020 :: (MESH:D008268,Disease) :: ['maculopathy']
