TY - JOUR
T1 - Intraocular pressure variation during xenon and ruby laser photocoagulation
AU - Fraunfelder, Frederick T.
AU - Viernstein, Lawrence J.
N1 - Funding Information:
From the Wilmer Institute (Dr. Fraunfelder) and the Applied Physics Laboratory (Dr. Viern-stein), Johns Hopkins University. This investigation was supported by a USPHS Research Grant NB 07226 from the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness, and University of Arkansas School of Medicine Institutional Research Support Pilot Study.
PY - 1971/6
Y1 - 1971/6
N2 - There is a sharp pressure surge lasting about a millisecond simultaneous with the explosion of ocular tissue during heating by the xenon photocoagulator or ophthalmic ruby laser. The data presented supports the possibility of secondary effects due to a shock wave, and suggests the desirability of avoiding the "pop" in ocular xenon photocoagulation. With newer lasers using short pulse duration with generation of higher pressure fronts, intraocular pressure changes need further investigation before clinical ophthalmic use.
AB - There is a sharp pressure surge lasting about a millisecond simultaneous with the explosion of ocular tissue during heating by the xenon photocoagulator or ophthalmic ruby laser. The data presented supports the possibility of secondary effects due to a shock wave, and suggests the desirability of avoiding the "pop" in ocular xenon photocoagulation. With newer lasers using short pulse duration with generation of higher pressure fronts, intraocular pressure changes need further investigation before clinical ophthalmic use.
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U2 - 10.1016/0002-9394(71)90973-1
DO - 10.1016/0002-9394(71)90973-1
M3 - Article
C2 - 4996989
AN - SCOPUS:0015078041
VL - 71
SP - 1261
EP - 1266
JO - American Journal of Ophthalmology
JF - American Journal of Ophthalmology
SN - 0002-9394
IS - 6
ER -