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The effects of a neodymium: YAG laser, working in the free-running mode (1 and 20 millisecond pulses), upon the ciliary body via the transscleral route have been studied using 16 autopsy eyes. The experiments described were designed to find an efficient strategy of transscleral cyclodestruction of the ciliary body. It was found that pulse energies of between 6 and 7 Joules, an exposure duration of 20 milliseconds, and maximal defocusing are optimal. A beam, tangentially oriented and positioned 1/2 to 1 mm posterior to the limbus has a high probability of hitting the ciliary body and damaging the ciliary processes. In these experiments a first generation of contact lenses could not be demonstrated to have an advantageous effect.
F Fankhauser, and
E van der Zypen, and
S Kwasniewska, and
P Rol, and
C England
October 1989,
Ophthalmic surgery,
F Fankhauser, and
E van der Zypen, and
S Kwasniewska, and
P Rol, and
C England
January 1993,
Journal of glaucoma,
F Fankhauser, and
E van der Zypen, and
S Kwasniewska, and
P Rol, and
C England
August 1989,
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science,
F Fankhauser, and
E van der Zypen, and
S Kwasniewska, and
P Rol, and
C England
June 1990,
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science,
F Fankhauser, and
E van der Zypen, and
S Kwasniewska, and
P Rol, and
C England
January 1991,
Ophthalmic surgery,
F Fankhauser, and
E van der Zypen, and
S Kwasniewska, and
P Rol, and
C England
March 1990,
Ophthalmic surgery,
F Fankhauser, and
E van der Zypen, and
S Kwasniewska, and
P Rol, and
C England
October 1989,
Ophthalmology,
F Fankhauser, and
E van der Zypen, and
S Kwasniewska, and
P Rol, and
C England
August 1988,
Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960),
F Fankhauser, and
E van der Zypen, and
S Kwasniewska, and
P Rol, and
C England
January 1991,
Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie,
F Fankhauser, and
E van der Zypen, and
S Kwasniewska, and
P Rol, and
C England
October 2003,
Journal francais d'ophtalmologie,
