title: Vitreoretinal surgery assisted by the 193-nm excimer laser.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Ablating and cutting vitreoretinal membranes using a 193-nm excimer laser-based microsurgical system.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 193-nm microsurgical system enables delivery of the beam into a fluid medium to cut preretinal and subretinal membranes. Two patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy and one patient with proliferative vitreoretinopathy were treated with this new device.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Gentle ablation and cutting of the preretinal and subretinal membranes without exerting any traction on or apparent damage to the neighboring tissue was achieved.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The technology is applicable to a variety of intraocular vitreoretinal surgical procedures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hemo
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Palanker
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Turovets
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zauberman
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018918:Phacoemulsification; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D012591:Scleral Buckling; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014821:Vitrectomy; D018630:Vitreoretinopathy, Proliferative / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*