Contact diode laser: high power application through fiberoptic cutting tips.
Diode laser energy has been applied through a fiberoptic probe using a power setting of 2.5 watts (W) in the continuous mode. In this study we employed high-power diode laser energy (4 to 12 W, continuous wave) to incise ocular tissue through a fiberoptic probe using 100 microns and 300 microns tips. The retina was photocoagulated with a 300 microns orb tip. No bleeding occurred at the incision sites. Histologic evaluation revealed coagulation into the healthy tissue ranging from 10 to 50 microns.
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LSU Eye Center, Louisiana State University Medical Center School of Medicine, New Orleans.
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D000818:Animals; D003315:Cornea / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D017075:Laser Coagulation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D011817:Rabbits; D012160:Retina / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012590:Sclera / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery