First safety study of femtosecond laser photodisruption in animal lenses: Tissue morphology and cataractogenesis

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2386-2394

  Krueger, Ronald R ^a   Kuszak, Jerry ^b   Lubatschowski, Holger ^c   Myers, Raymond I ^d   Ripken, Tammo ^c   Heisterkamp, Alexander ^c  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LASER ZENTRUM HANNOVER E V   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACTOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE; GERMANY; HISTOLOGY; LENS; LENS FIBER; LIGHT SCATTERING; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPHACO MODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CATARACT; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; LASER SURGERY; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; LIGHT; PILOT PROJECTS; RABBITS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SWINE;

EID: 32244446481     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2005.05.034     Document Type: Article

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