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- Title
Retinal injury by industrial laser burn.
- Authors
Scollo, P.; Herath, G.; Lobo, A.
- Abstract
The following case study describes an injury sustained to the fovea of the right eye of a senior en gineer engaged in the repair of a neodymium-doped yttrium aluminium garnet (Nd:YAG) laser. Our patient presented with sudden loss of vision in his right eye following accidental exposure to an intense beam of light after the laser’s xenon flash-lamp fired unexpectedly. This accident occurred while the patient was aligning the optical coupler mirror parallel to Nd:YAG laser rod ends using an L-CAT alignment aid. We describe the mechanism of retinal injury, outcome and important issues regarding the safe use of lasers.
- Subjects
RETINAL injuries; LASERS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; ND-YAG lasers; XENON lamps; ALUMINUM; EYE
- Publication
Occupational Medicine, 2014, Vol 64, Issue 3, p220
- ISSN
0962-7480
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/occmed/kqt165