Corneal wound healing after 193-nm excimer laser radiation: a preliminary report

Werner Foerster M.D.; Jens Melching; Roswithe Heyd; Ulrich Atzler; Petra Dangel; Martin Schuerenberg; Hans Kresse; Holger Busse

doi:10.1117/12.178560

23 June 1994 Corneal wound healing after 193-nm excimer laser radiation: a preliminary report

Werner Foerster M.D., Jens Melching, Roswithe Heyd, Ulrich Atzler, Petra Dangel, Martin Schuerenberg, Hans Kresse, Holger Busse

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Proceedings Volume 2126, Ophthalmic Technologies IV; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.178560
Event: OE/LASE '94, 1994, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

In order to investigate the effects of 193-nm excimer laser radiation on corneal wound healing five bovine corneas were treated with subablative and ablative 193-nm excimer laser radiation, by simple light exposure and mechanical ablation of the corneal tissue or not treated. The corneas were metabolically labelled with a [³⁵S]-labeling reagent. The proteoglycans were then extracted and radioactivity was measured with a liquid scintillation spectrometer. Corneas after ablative 193-nm excimer laser radiation and after mechanical ablation had less radioactivity incorporated but had also less corneal tissue.

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Werner Foerster M.D., Jens Melching, Roswithe Heyd, Ulrich Atzler, Petra Dangel, Martin Schuerenberg, Hans Kresse, and Holger Busse "Corneal wound healing after 193-nm excimer laser radiation: a preliminary report", Proc. SPIE 2126, Ophthalmic Technologies IV, (23 June 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.178560

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