Lasers in Opthalmology - Basics, Diagnostics, and Surgical Aspects - A Review

Contents......Page 5
Ophthalmic laser safety......Page 11
The purposes of surgery......Page 21
Contact lenses for ophthalmic laser treatment......Page 25
Fundamentals of optical fibers......Page 37
On the application of optical fibers in ophthalmology......Page 43
Laser speckle......Page 53
Laser Doppler techniques in ophthalmology-Principles and applications......Page 61
Principles of optical coherence tomography......Page 71
From physical energy to biological effect-How retinal laser treatment affects diabetic retinopathy......Page 83
High-resolution multiphoton imaging and nanosurgery of thecornea using femtosecond laser pulses......Page 89
Selective absorption by melanin granules and selective cell targeting......Page 101
Mechanisms of short-pulsed plasma-mediated laser ablationand disruption......Page 109
The first clinical application of the laser......Page 125
Selective retinal pigment epithelium laser treatment-Theoretical and clinical aspects......Page 129
Confocal microscopy of the eye......Page 141
Imaging in ophthalmology......Page 153
Different methods of refractive surgery-The advantages and risks, and their relationship to professional ethics and morals......Page 163
Corneal laser surgery for refractive corrections......Page 169
Selective laser trabeculoplasty......Page 181
Photocoagulation, transpupillary thermotherapy andphotodynamic therapy for choroidal neovascularization......Page 185
Photodynamic therapy: basic principles and mechanisms......Page 193
The concept and experimental validation of photodynamictherapy in neovascular structures in the eye......Page 207
Photodynamic therapy: clinical status......Page 215
Controversial aspects of photodynamic therapy......Page 227
Lasers in diabetes......Page 239
Retinal Photocoagulation with Diode Lasers......Page 251
Central Serous Chorioretinopathy......Page 265
Scanning Laser Polarimetry of the Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer in the Detection and Monitoring of Glaucoma......Page 287
The Glaucomatous Optic Nerve Staging System with Confocal Tomography......Page 295
Principles of Photodisruption......Page 313
Ultrastructual Effects of Laser Irradiation at the Anterior Chamber Angle......Page 325
Erbium:YAG Laser Trabecular Ablation......Page 343
Laser Cyclodestructive Procedures of the Ciliary Body......Page 351
Laser Uveoscleroplasty: Basic Mechanisms and Clinical Experience......Page 363
Transpupillary Laser Phototherapy for Retinal and Choroidal Tumors. A Rational Approach......Page 373
Lasers in Intraocular Tumors......Page 387
Erbium:YAG Laser Vitrectomy......Page 397
Lasers in Small-Incision Cataract Surgery......Page 405
Some Applications of the Neodymium:YAG Laser Operating in the Thermal and Photodisruptive Modes. Vitreolysis......Page 413
The Neodymium:YAG Laser in Strabismus and Plastic Surgery of the Face. Wound Repair......Page 425
Hemostasis, Hemodynamics, Photodynamic Therapy, Transpupillary Thermotherapy: Controversial Aspects......Page 439
Lasers in Lacrimal Surgery......Page 451
Index......Page 457