Transscleral photodisruption for the treatment of glaucoma

Autor: F.H. Loesel, Gerard Mourou, Zachary S. Sacks, Ron M. Kurtz, Tibor Juhasz, Charles G. Durfee
Rok vydání: 1999
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Zdroj: SPIE Proceedings.
ISSN: 0277-786X
DOI: 10.1117/12.341434
Popis: To evaluate transscleral glaucoma surgery techniques using ultrashort pulsed lasers, we attempted to produce photodisruption on the inner surface of the sclera without damaging the overlying tissue. We identified two methods, using pulses centered at 1700 nm and a transparency inducing drug, to produce the spatial and temporal confinement of the pulse necessary to produce photodisruption in the highly scattering sclera. When fully developed these concepts may help address the longstanding limitations of current glaucoma surgical techniques.
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