Abstract

Although lasers occupy an important role in the treatment of ocular disease, the development of ophthalmic lasers has been, in large measure, empirical because the availability of laser sources determined which wavelengths, pulse widths, and energies were studied. Development of future applications of lasers in ophthalmology is likely to rely on the development of lasers and techniques to confine laser effects to specific tissue or ultra-structural targets.

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