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Abstract #20652 Published in IGR 10-1
Therapeutic application of lasers in ophthalmology
Misiuk-Hojlo M; Krzyzanowska-Berkowska P; Hill-Bator AAdvances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine 2007; 16: 801-805
Lasers have found application in diverse branches of medicine. In ophthalmology, laser technology has various therapeutic and diagnostic applications. The purpose of this article is to review the major therapeutic applications of lasers in different eye disorders. The effects of lasers on biological tissues and different laser techniques as well as the indications for laser therapy in various parts of the eye are discussed. Lasers are used to treat glaucoma and many vascular disorders of the retina. Laser treatment may be useful in preventing the development of neovascularization in diabetic retinopathy, BRVO, or CRVO. Laser techniques are also available for the treatment of the exudative form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and some malignant and benign intraocular tumors and in retina abnormalities which predispose to rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. Corneal laser surgery is the most frequently applied laser procedure in ophthalmology. PRK, LASIK, and LASEK are used to correct errors in vision such as myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism. Laser photocoagulation is also helpful in cataract surgery. Nowadays, lasers have become so universal that it is difficult to imagine ophthalmology without them. We are still witnessing rapid advances in the development of laser techniques, especially in plastic surgery, cataract extraction, and ocular imaging.
Dr. M. Misiuk-Hojlo, Department of Ophthalmology, Silesian Piasts University of Medicine, Chalubinskiego 2a, 50-368 Wroclaw, Poland. misiuk55@wp.pl
Classification:
12.4 Laser trabeculoplasty and other laser treatment of the angle (Part of: 12 Surgical treatment)
12.2 Laser iridotomy (Part of: 12 Surgical treatment)
12.3 Laser iridoplasty (Part of: 12 Surgical treatment)
12.10 Cyclodestruction (Part of: 12 Surgical treatment)
