...K.E. Schirmer The rapidly alternating combination of Nd:YAG laser power of the optical breakdown mode with cw energy of the argon laser ablates tissue. Blood agar provides a standard test medium as tissue substitute and permits to quantify the effect of various laser energy combinations to achieve...

... postoperative vision (OR 15.6, 95% CI: 0.97–267.6). Six eyes (11.5%) developed subsequent posterior capsular opacification requiring Nd:YAG laser capsulotomy. Two eyes (3.8%) developed retinal detachment during follow-up. Conclusions: Most of highly myopic eyes achieved good visual improvement and good...

... postoperative vision (OR: 15.6, 95% CI: 0.97–267.6). Six eyes (11.5%) developed subsequent posterior capsular opacification requiring Nd:YAG laser capsulotomy. Two eyes (3.8%) developed retinal detachment during follow-up. Conclusions: Most highly myopic eyes achieved good visual improvement and good...

.... Cyclophotocoagulation Cyclodestruction Laser Nd:YAG laser Physics Flow mechanisms Endoscopy Fibers Optical fibers The clinical efficiency of both contact and noncontact laser cyclocoagulation was considered in Part I of this series [ 1 ]. One aspect of the reported poor repeatability of cyclocoagulation...

...Franz Fankhauser; Sylwia Kwasniewska The clinical effects of the Nd:YAG laser operating in both the photodisruptive (Q-switched) and thermal (free-running, cw) modes are discussed, and their clinical applications investigated. Moreover, the physical background of the working modes is explored. When...

...Franz Fankhauser; Sylwia Kwasniewska The physical and clinical features of a number of laser energy sources presently being used in plastic and endonasal surgery, such as the Nd:YAG, KTP, Ho:YAG, Er:YAG and CO 2 lasers, are emphasized. Particular attention is paid to the Nd:YAG laser...

...Franz Fankhauser; Sylwia Kwasniewska Strands and vitreous adhesion bands can either be dissected noninvasively, transpupillarily by photodisruptive pulses of a Nd:YAG laser, operated in the photodisruptive mode, or invasively using an Er:YAG laser and specialized fibers. The previously used CO 2...