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MILTON FLOCKS, MD; H. CHRISTIAN ZWENG, MD

Arch Ophthalmol. 1964;72(5):604-611.

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Photocoagulation as introduced by Meyer-Schwickerath¹ in 1954 was a revolutionary advance of unquestioned value to ophthalmology but one with definite limitations to its usefulness. The investion of the laser gave us a new source and kind of light.² This kind of light applied to photocoagulation promises to extend its usefulness.

Laser coagulation is not the same thing as ordinary photocoagulation arranged in a more convenient package. It has its own characteristic properties, some of which are advantageous, and some of which are not. In addition, a number of question marks exist concerning laser coagulation which only time, trial, and experimentation will answer. In the short period since 1960 when the first laser was fired, a number of workers^3-5 have used lasers to produce retinal coagulation, the first being Zaret et al.

In conjunction with N. Kapany, N. Silbertrust, and N. Peppers of Optics Technology, Inc., we have . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Palo Alto, Calif

Stanford University School of Medicine, Division of Ophthalmology, and Palo Alto Medical Research Foundation.

Footnotes
Read before the Section on Ophthalmology at the 113th Annual Meeting of the American Medical Association, San Francisco, June 22-24, 1964.

This work was supported by grants NB 0215 from the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness and HE 07684 from the National Institutes of Health.

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