Effects of the Nd:YAG laser on the primate retina and choroid
Journal Article
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· Ophthalmology (Rochester, Minn.); (United States)
The effects of the neodymium:YAG laser in the thermal mode on the subhuman primate retina were studied with ophthalmoscopy, intravenous fluorescein angiography, light microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and scanning electron microscopy using a plastic injection-corrosion technique. Representative samples were examined at 24 hours, 14 days, and 28 days after treatment. The burns appeared to predominantly affect the outer half of the retina and the inner half of the choroid, although with higher energy levels the inner retinal layers were occasionally involved. In most instances Bruch's membrane was disrupted. The injured choriocapillaris underwent a reparative process during a four-week period in which the discrete lesions observed at 24 hours had disappeared.
- Research Organization:
- Thomas Jefferson Univ., Philadelphia, PA
- OSTI ID:
- 5551152
- Journal Information:
- Ophthalmology (Rochester, Minn.); (United States), Journal Name: Ophthalmology (Rochester, Minn.); (United States) Vol. 91:11; ISSN OPHTD
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ANIMALS
AROMATICS
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS
BLOOD VESSELS
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CAPILLARIES
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EYES
FACE
FLUORESCEIN
FLUORESCENCE
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LASERS
LUMINESCENCE
MAMMALS
MEDICINE
MEMBRANES
MICROSCOPY
NEODYMIUM LASERS
OPHTHALMOLOGY
ORGANIC ACIDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANS
PHENOLS
POLYPHENOLS
PRIMATES
RADIATION EFFECTS
RETINA
SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
SENSE ORGANS
SOLID STATE LASERS
VERTEBRATES
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ANIMALS
AROMATICS
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS
BLOOD VESSELS
BODY
BODY AREAS
CAPILLARIES
CARBOXYLIC ACIDS
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
CELL CONSTITUENTS
CELL MEMBRANES
DYES
ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
EYES
FACE
FLUORESCEIN
FLUORESCENCE
HEAD
HYDROXY ACIDS
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
LASERS
LUMINESCENCE
MAMMALS
MEDICINE
MEMBRANES
MICROSCOPY
NEODYMIUM LASERS
OPHTHALMOLOGY
ORGANIC ACIDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANS
PHENOLS
POLYPHENOLS
PRIMATES
RADIATION EFFECTS
RETINA
SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
SENSE ORGANS
SOLID STATE LASERS
VERTEBRATES