title: Femtosecond lentotomy: generating gliding planes inside the crystalline lens to regain accommodation ability.
abstract: Based on Helmholtz Theory for accommodation the increasing sclerosis of lens nucleus and cortex is the main cause for the developments of presbyopia. Existing therapies, however, do not reverse the stiffness of the crystalline lens and thus do not regain real accommodation ability. A new approach to restore the flexibility of the lens could be realized by photodisruption using ultrafast laser pulses. This process, known as fs-lentotomy, was used to create micro-incisions which act as gliding planes inside the crystalline lens without opening the eye globe.
authors.affiliation: Laser Zentrum Hannover eV, Hannover, Germany. H.Lubatschowski@LZH.de
authors.forename: Holger
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lubatschowski
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schumacher
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fromm
authors.forename: Alfred
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wegener
authors.forename: Heike
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hoffmann
authors.forename: Uwe
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Oberheide
authors.forename: Georg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gerten
mesh_terms: D000065:Accommodation, Ocular; D000818:Animals; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000502:physiology / Q000601:surgery*; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011817:Rabbits; D013997:Time Factors