ArticleEye (London, England)2015
The 2014 Bowman Lecture-Bowman's and Bruch's: a tale of two membranes during the laser revolution.
Article in Eye (London, England), 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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- Are we treating the effect and neglecting the cause of keratoconus?Indian journal of ophthalmology · 2020Article
- Establishing a Porcine Eye Model for Manual Sub-Bowman Layer Photorefractive Keratomileusis.Journal of ophthalmology · 2020Article
- Transplantation of human embryonic stem cell-derived retinal pigment epithelial cells (MA09-hRPE) in macular degeneration.NPJ Regenerative medicine · 2019Review
- Bowman layer transplantation in the treatment of keratoconus.Eye and vision (London, England) · 2018Review
- A Novel Quantitative 500-MHz Acoustic Microscopy System for Ophthalmologic Tissues.IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering · 2017Article
- Advantages of femtosecond laser in various corneal transplantation procedures: A narrative literature review.Taiwan journal of ophthalmologyReview
- Advances in the diagnosis and treatment of keratoconus.Therapeutic advances in ophthalmologyReview
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Abstract
To describe the historical evolution of the role of lasers in effecting therapeutic changes in the four acellular membranes of the eye. Over the past 50 years, iterative developments have been instituted in lasers used for various forms of eye surgery predominately on the basis of data generated in early experiments in the 1960s to determine thresholds for damage and their incorporation in codes of practice for laser safety. The evolutionary steps are described. Excimer laser technology resulted in the generation of the new field of laser refractive surgery with over 40 million individuals now having undergone procedures such as photorefractive keratectomy and LASIK. Developments in lasers used for various forms of retinal surgery have undergone changes involving shorter and shorter pulse durations together with changes in beam energy distribution with implications for potential intervention in AMD prophylactically. Lasers have made a major impact on surgical treatment on all four acellular membranes of the eye but particularly Bowman's membrane in refractive surgery, where it has been demonstrated that it can be removed without significant consequences for eye health or vision.
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