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EFFECT OF CW YAG AND ARGON GREEN LASERS ON EXPERIMENTALLY DETACHED RETINAS
Author(s) -
PEYMAN GHOLAM A.,
CONWAY MANDI D.,
HOUSE BABARA J.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1984.tb08413.x
Subject(s) - argon , laser , green laser , optoelectronics , materials science , optics , physics , atomic physics
We evaluated the effects of argon‐green (514.5 nm) and CW neodymium YAG (1060 nm) wavelengths on experimentally detached retinas of primates. Neither laser produced damage to the sensory retina of the fovea. The argon green wavelength, which was absorbed by haemoglobin in the vessel or by extravasated red blood cells, created vasospasm and nerve fiber layer damage. The beam of the CW YAG was not absorbed by haemoglobin; therefore, no vasospasm could be produced on experimentally detached retinas.