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| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
6
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1984-2-14
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| pubmed:abstractText |
The excimer laser, which produces light in the far-ultraviolet portion of the spectrum, allows precise removal of corneal tissue through a photochemical laser-tissue interaction. This interaction is not thermal and does not involve optical breakdown; rather, it directly breaks organic molecular bonds without tissue heating. We used this process of ablative photodecomposition to remove corneal tissue in a series freshly enucleated cow eyes. Applying the far-ultraviolet light in short intense pulses permitted us to control the depth of the incision with great precision. We found that 1 joule/cm2 ablates corneal tissue to a depth of 1 micron. Adjacent tissue suffered no thermal damage and the stromal lamellae adjacent to the incision showed no evidence of disorganization.
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
AIM
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| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
Dec
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| pubmed:issn |
0002-9394
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
96
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
710-5
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2003-11-14
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| pubmed:meshHeading | |
| pubmed:year |
1983
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Excimer laser surgery of the cornea.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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