title: Free running Neodymium-YAG laser coagulation of the human fovea. A light and electron microscopic study.
abstract: Free Running Neodymium-Yttrium Aluminum Garnet (FR Nd-YAG) laser coagulation of the macula was performed in seven human eyes. Follow-up varied from 1 to 15 days. Damage to the outer retinal layers was apparent immediately after exposure whilst that in the inner retinal layers developed subsequently. The choriocapillaris and major choroidal vessels were occluded. Visual acuity changed in an unpredictable way.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: P T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: de Jong
authors.forename: G F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Vrensen
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Willekens
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Mooy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002829:Choroid / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D015353:Eye Enucleation; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005584:Fovea Centralis / Q000601:surgery* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006801:Humans; D008028:Light Coagulation / Q000009:adverse effects; D008266:Macula Lutea / Q000601:surgery*; D008545:Melanoma / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012160:Retina / Q000648:ultrastructure; D015861:Retinal Neovascularization; D014792:Visual Acuity