Pinhole pupilloplasty is a surgical procedure that aims to narrow the pupil to pinhole size to impart greater depth of focus ...

What Is a Posterior Capsulotomy? A YAG laser posterior capsulotomy is a procedure done to help remove scar tissue after you’ve had a lens replacement. Inside your eye, behind the iris and pupil, is a ...

Welcome to another edition of CEDARS/ASPENS Debates. CEDARS/ASPENS is a joint society of cornea, cataract and refractive surgery specialists, here to discuss some of the latest hot topics in ...

In patients with nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy who underwent cataract surgery, yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG) laser capsulotomy was associated with increased risks for progression of the ...

Evidence-based recommendations on YAG laser vitreolysis for symptomatic vitreous floaters. This involves a special type of laser (YAG) firing short pulses of energy into the floaters, to break them up ...

Purpose of study To determine the efficacy of Nd:YAG vitreolysis and pars plana vitrectomy in the treatment of vitreous floaters. Methods This is a single centre retrospective study of 31 patients (42 ...

Erbium doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet (Er:Y3Al5O12 or Er:YAG) combine various output wavelength with the superior thermal and optical properties of YAG. It is an excellent laser crystal which lasers at ...

Nd: YAG one of the mature developed laser crystals which is obtained by doping Nd ion into YAG crystal. The absorption bandwidth of Nd:YAG laser crystal are 730-760 nm and 790-820 nm, and usually ...

Vitreous floaters are microscopic clumps of collagen fibres in the vitreous that cast shadows on the retina, appearing as floaters. The most common cause of vitreous floaters is posterior vitreous ...