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First Clinical Results of a New Generation of Ablative Solid-State Lasers

Published inJournal of clinical medicine, vol. 12, no. 2, p. 731
Publication date2023-01-16
First online date2023-01-16
Abstract

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.

Keywords
  • Ablation laser
  • Deep-UV
  • Refractive surgery
  • Solid-state laser
Citation (ISO format)
PAJIC, Bojan et al. First Clinical Results of a New Generation of Ablative Solid-State Lasers. In: Journal of clinical medicine, 2023, vol. 12, n° 2, p. 731. doi: 10.3390/jcm12020731
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Additional URL for this publicationhttps://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/2/731
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