LASER MANUAL IN OPHTHALMOLOGY – FUNDAMENTALS AND LASER CLINICAL PRACTICE (2017) by José Henriques, MD PDF

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Ocular photocoagulation was first used in 1949 by Gerd Meyer-Schwickerath with xenon-arc photocoagulation. This method was effective for many years especially in the treatment of vascular diseases of the retina and retinal anomalies. It was used for approximately 15 years to treat many ocular conditions. The discovery of the laser in 1960 provided for an extremely precise source of monochromatic light with a range of wavelengths and impulses such that different types of absorption could be induced within the target tissues with the resulting desired effect on ocular tissues. Dr. José Henriques and colleagues have compiled an extensive work on the possible applications of laser treatment on ocular tissues today. In the first chapters the fundaments, technology and interaction of lasers on ocular tissues are described. There then follows a detailed description of the application of laser in the anterior segment, in cases of corneal neovascularisation, iridotomy, iridoplasty, gonioplasty and trabeculoplasty. A section is also dedicated to suture lysis with laser. Of special note are the chapters dedicated to Q-switched Nd:YAG laser and the use of femtosecond lasers in cataract extraction. The use of lasers in different vascular retinopathies is discussed in detail with a particular consideration to diabetic retinopathy and other retinal vascular conditions. Also note worthy is the section dedicated to the advantages of lasers in oculoplastic surgery in treating and correcting different anomalies. In the diagnostic section the application of lasers in corneal aberrometry, laser Doppler flowmetry, corneal confocal microscopy, pupilometry are reviewed with a special mention in the chapters dedicated to the use of OCT in the study of the retina. The last section of the book is dedicated to security, maintenance and installation requirements. The book closes with a look to the future at the possible application of laser technologies in Ophthalmology yet to come. Without any doubt this great work on lasers in ophthalmology covers an important area of Ophthalmology of change and growth. It is the product of the cooperation of well known experts in different fields in the knowledgeable hands of Dr. José Henriques, Dr. Ana Duarte and Dr. Teresa Quintão in the book “The Laser Manual in Ophthalmology – Fundamentals and Laser Clinical Practice”.

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