Histopathology of retinal lesions produced by long-term laser exposure.
The maculae of rhesus monkeys were exposed for 120/s to Nd-YAG and argon laser radiation at wavelengths of 1060 and 514.5 nm, respectively. Histopathology of lesions associated with a thermal and a nonthermal damage mechanism were compared. Differences were observed for both lesion development and retinal layers affected, depending upon the damage mechanism involved.
D000818:Animals; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D000882:Haplorhini; D007834:Lasers / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D012160:Retina / Q000293:injuries*; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000473:pathology*