Evaluation of a 345 nm Femtosecond Laser for Corneal Surgery with Respect to Intraocular Radiation Hazard.

We report our findings from a preclinical safety study designed to assess potential side effects of corneal ultraviolet femtosecond laser treatment on lens and retina.Refractive lenticules (-5 dpt) with a diameter of 6 mm were created in the right cornea of eight Dutch Belted rabbits. Radiant exposu...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Johannes Menzel-Severing, Corinna Petsch, Theofilos Tourtas, Naresh Polisetti, Jörg Klenke, Katrin Skerl, Christian Wüllner, Christof Donitzky, Friedrich E Kruse, Jan Kremers, Christian M Hammer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4567343?pdf=render