Experimental femtosecond laser-assisted nanosurgery of anterior lens capsule

European Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 237-242

  Toropygin, Sergey G ^a,b   Krause, Matthias ^a   Akkaya, Asim ^a   Riemann, Iris ^c   Seitz, Berthold ^a   Mestres, Pedro ^a   Ruprecht, Klaus W ^a   Troeber, Leonie ^a   Gatzioufas, Zisis ^a   König, Karsten ^c,d  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b TVER STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Germany)

^d SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anterior lens capsule; Cataract surgery; Continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis; Femtosecond laser ablation; Multiphoton laser scanning microscopy

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ANTERIOR LENS CAPSULE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; LASER MICROSCOPY; LASER SURGERY; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; NANOSURGERY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; TISSUE INJURY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANTERIOR CAPSULE OF THE LENS; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79953671034     PISSN: 11206721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5301/EJO.2010.1445     Document Type: Article

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