First Clinical Results of a New Generation of Ablative Solid-State Lasers
In the early 2000s, solid-state lasers emerged as an alternative technology to excimer systems in refractive surgery. Despite some technological limits at the time, good clinical results could be achieved with solid-state laser systems. This prospective case series reports clinical outcomes of five...
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| author | Bojan Pajic Brigitte Pajic-Eggspuehler Zeljka Cvejic Christian Rathjen Viktor Ruff |
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| description | In the early 2000s, solid-state lasers emerged as an alternative technology to excimer systems in refractive surgery. Despite some technological limits at the time, good clinical results could be achieved with solid-state laser systems. This prospective case series reports clinical outcomes of five eyes treated with a newly developed solid-state laser system (AquariuZ) in three patients. Patients underwent preoperative examination, including corneal topo-and tomography, aberrometry, and confocal microscopy. All patients received a femtosecond LASIK with the Ziemer LDV Z8, a refractive treatment with the AquariuZ solid-state ablation laser, and were then followed up for a period of up to 12 months. The applied aspheric optimized profiles did not induce higher-order aberrations nor spherical aberration in any of these operated subjects. No eye lost BCVA lines throughout the duration of the follow-up. Six months after surgery, the safety index of patient 1 was 5, and for patients 2 and 3, it equaled 1. Confocal laser microscopy imaging findings were comparable to those seen typically for excimer lasers. The obtained results are encouraging and confirm that the new solid-state laser system is safe. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-51ef8b295311482891af326b5efae7652023-11-30T22:54:04ZengMDPI AGJournal of Clinical Medicine2077-03832023-01-0112273110.3390/jcm12020731First Clinical Results of a New Generation of Ablative Solid-State LasersBojan Pajic0Brigitte Pajic-Eggspuehler1Zeljka Cvejic2Christian Rathjen3Viktor Ruff4Eye Clinic Orasis, Swiss Eye Research Foundation, 5734 Reinach, SwitzerlandEye Clinic Orasis, Swiss Eye Research Foundation, 5734 Reinach, SwitzerlandDepartment of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovica 4, 21000 Novi Sad, SerbiaZiemer Ophthalmic Systems, 2562 Port, SwitzerlandZiemer Ophthalmic Systems, 2562 Port, SwitzerlandIn the early 2000s, solid-state lasers emerged as an alternative technology to excimer systems in refractive surgery. Despite some technological limits at the time, good clinical results could be achieved with solid-state laser systems. This prospective case series reports clinical outcomes of five eyes treated with a newly developed solid-state laser system (AquariuZ) in three patients. Patients underwent preoperative examination, including corneal topo-and tomography, aberrometry, and confocal microscopy. All patients received a femtosecond LASIK with the Ziemer LDV Z8, a refractive treatment with the AquariuZ solid-state ablation laser, and were then followed up for a period of up to 12 months. The applied aspheric optimized profiles did not induce higher-order aberrations nor spherical aberration in any of these operated subjects. No eye lost BCVA lines throughout the duration of the follow-up. Six months after surgery, the safety index of patient 1 was 5, and for patients 2 and 3, it equaled 1. Confocal laser microscopy imaging findings were comparable to those seen typically for excimer lasers. The obtained results are encouraging and confirm that the new solid-state laser system is safe.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/2/731solid-state laserablation laserdeep-UVrefractive surgery |
| spellingShingle | Bojan Pajic Brigitte Pajic-Eggspuehler Zeljka Cvejic Christian Rathjen Viktor Ruff First Clinical Results of a New Generation of Ablative Solid-State Lasers Journal of Clinical Medicine solid-state laser ablation laser deep-UV refractive surgery |
| title | First Clinical Results of a New Generation of Ablative Solid-State Lasers |
| title_full | First Clinical Results of a New Generation of Ablative Solid-State Lasers |
| title_fullStr | First Clinical Results of a New Generation of Ablative Solid-State Lasers |
| title_full_unstemmed | First Clinical Results of a New Generation of Ablative Solid-State Lasers |
| title_short | First Clinical Results of a New Generation of Ablative Solid-State Lasers |
| title_sort | first clinical results of a new generation of ablative solid state lasers |
| topic | solid-state laser ablation laser deep-UV refractive surgery |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/2/731 |
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