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Contact laser: thermal sclerostomy ab interna
J L Federman1, R P Wilson, F Ando
1Retina and Glaucoma Services, Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107.
Ophthalmic Surgery
|October 1, 1987
Abstract:
An experimental technique utilizing a sapphire contact laser probe for thermal sclerostomy ab interna is described. The contact laser probe with a tip diameter of 0.2 mm is brought in contact with the trabecular meshwork. Using 3.50 watts of cw Nd:YAG at 0.1 second duration, three to five exposures established communication between anterior chamber and subconjunctival space in pigmented rabbits.