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Vitreoretinal surgery assisted by the 193-nm excimer laser
I Hemo1, D Palanker, I Turovets
1Department of Ophthalmology, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
Purpose:
Ablating and cutting vitreoretinal membranes using a 193-nm excimer laser-based microsurgical system.
Methods:
A 193-nm microsurgical system enables delivery of the beam into a fluid medium to cut preretinal and subretinal membranes. Two patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy and one patient with proliferative vitreoretinopathy were treated with this new device.
Results:
Gentle ablation and cutting of the preretinal and subretinal membranes without exerting any traction on or apparent damage to the neighboring tissue was achieved.
Conclusions:
The technology is applicable to a variety of intraocular vitreoretinal surgical procedures.
