Definitions for "Photocoagulation"
A cancer treatment in which a laser is used to destroy blood vessels entering a tumor in order to deprive the tumor of its nutrients.
Surgical procedure involving the application of intense light to burn or destroy selected intraocular structures such as abnormal blood vessels and tumors.
surgical procedure that uses an intense laser beam to destroy diseased retinal tissue or to make a scar that will hold the retina in cases of detached retina