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Lasers in cataract surgery
J M Dodick1, J M Lally, L T Sperber
1Manhattan Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital, New York.
Current Opinion in Ophthalmology
|January 8, 1993
Abstract:
Several laser technologies including 1053-nm picosecond, excimer, erbium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet, and neodymium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet (Nd:YAG) have been studied for use in the removal of cataractous lens tissue. Nd:YAG laser phacolysis involves laser pulses striking a titanium target that are incorporated into an irrigation-aspiration probe. With further refinement, Nd:YAG laser phacolysis may provide an alternative means of lens removal through a small incision, however, further study is required.
