Small-Incision Lenticule Extraction D. Rex Hamilton Cornea refractive surgery began in the late 1970s and early 1980s with radial keratotomy (RK) and moved into the laser arena with the introduction…

Corneal Cross-Linking Y. Ralph Chu Jessica Heckman Corneal ectasia is the progressive steepening and thinning of the cornea that can occur naturally or be induced surgically. A patient with corneal…

MicroPulse Laser Trabeculoplasty Myranda R. Partin Steven R. Sarkisian Jr. The clinical management of glaucoma continuously evolves with more efficacious topical medications, less invasive surgeries, and safer laser procedures. Topical…

Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty Nate Lighthizer Selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT), introduced by Latina and Park in the mid-1990s and FDA approved in 2001, has been a mainstay of glaucoma therapy for…

Argon Laser Trabeculoplasty Myranda R. Partin Steven R. Sarkisian Jr. Argon laser trabeculoplasty (ALT) was introduced by Wise and Witter in 1979.2 Many attempts using different lasers were tried earlier…

Femtosecond Laser in Corneal Transplantation Michael D. Greenwood Nicholas C. Risbrudt The femtosecond laser has played an integral role in laser vision correction as well as cataract surgery. In recent…

Photorefractive Keratectomy Karl Stonecipher Andrew S. Whitley Marguerite B. McDonald The first introduction of the excimer (excited dimer) laser came to the forefront in the 1970s. The original work came…

Laser In Situ Keratomileusis Karl Stonecipher Jessica Mathew Stephen Brint Laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) is the combination of using the excimer laser with a device used for making a…

Laser Hazards, Safety, and Injuries Aaron B. Zimmerman Neal Whittle Laser light is highly monochromatic, is highly coherent, is highly directional, and has a high-power density. Each of these things…

The Basic Science and Mechanism of Laser Components Neal Whittle Aaron B. Zimmerman The word laser is an acronym for the words light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation.1 Each…