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Prof. Dr., Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Göz Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı Öğretim Üyesi Continues wave (CW) thermal laser treatment still has important place in the treatment of macular edema secondary to various retinal diseases, but may be associated with some serious adverse events. In order to prevent or decrease the incidence of these adverse eff ects, important improvements and modifications were done in conventional destructive thermal laser such as subthreshold micropulse laser tecnology. Micropulse laser does not cause collateral thermal damage, and produces photostimulation rather than photocoagulation Keywords : Micropulse laser, subthreshold laser, thermal retinal damage, treatment of macular edema