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Robert L. Avery, MD
Baltimore, Md

Dyson Hickingbotham; Glenn Jaffe, MD
Durham, NC

Eugene de Juan, Jr, MD
Baltimore, Md

Arch Ophthalmol. 1992;110(11):1518-1519.

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To the Editor.

—Recent advances in surgical techniques have made the removal of subretinal membranes and hemorrhages possible.^1,2 Although preoperative fluorescein angiography is extremely useful in these cases, intraoperative fluorescein angioscopy can also be very helpful. Large subretinal hemorrhages often preoperatively obscure the source of fluorescein leakage; however, intraoperative angioscopy can be performed immediately after removal of the hemorrhage, to identify choroidal neovascularization and to allow immediate endolaser treatment. We have adapted excitation and barrier filters, made for a fluorescein angiography camera, to fit into an endoilluminator and an operating microscope, respectively. The excitation filter (Spectrotech, Saugus, Mass) is placed into the sliding tray (Fig 1, arrowheads) of a light source. When the fundus is illuminated with the filtered blue light, the fluorescein appears yellow-green. This system is similar to the one described by Charles³ that identifies sources of bleeding during vitrectomy; however, we have greatly enhanced the . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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