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Laser tissue welding in ophthalmic surgery

✍ Scribed by Francesca Rossi; Paolo Matteini; Fulvio Ratto; Luca Menabuoni; Ivo Lenzetti; Roberto Pini

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2008
Tongue: English
Weight: 512 KB
Volume: 1
Category: Article
ISSN: 1864-063X
DOI: 10.1002/jbio.200810028

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Laser welding of ocular tissues is an alternative technique or adjunct to conventional suturing in ophthalmic surgery. It is based on the photothermal interaction of laser light with the main components of the extracellular matrix of connective tissues. The advantages of the welding procedure with respect to standard suturing and stapling are reduced operation times, lesser inflammation, faster healing and increased ability to induce tissue regeneration. The procedure we set up is based on the use of an infrared diode laser in association with the topical application of the chromophore Indocyanine Green. Laser light may be delivered either continuously or in pulses, thus identifying two different techniques that have been applied clinically in various types of transplants of the cornea. (© 2008 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)

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