Does Nd:YAG laser beam damage to artificial intraocular lenses cause depolymerization of PMMA?

Joanna Ciszewska; Tadeusz Kecik; Elzbieta Legec; Miroslaw Zydecki; Iwona Switka-Wieclawska

doi:10.1117/12.292835

23 October 1997 Does Nd:YAG laser beam damage to artificial intraocular lenses cause depolymerization of PMMA?

Joanna Ciszewska, Tadeusz Kecik, Elzbieta Legec, Miroslaw Zydecki, Iwona Switka-Wieclawska

Proceedings Volume 3188, Laser Technology V: Applications in Medicine and Ecology; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.292835
Event: Laser Technology V, 1996, Szczecin, Poland

Abstract

The polymethylmetacrylate (PMMA) widely used in intraocular lenses production is a polymer of methylmetacrylate. The mechanical damage of safe PMMA including laser energy leads to release of toxic monomer MMA to surrounding environment.

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Joanna Ciszewska, Tadeusz Kecik, Elzbieta Legec, Miroslaw Zydecki, and Iwona Switka-Wieclawska "Does Nd:YAG laser beam damage to artificial intraocular lenses cause depolymerization of PMMA?", Proc. SPIE 3188, Laser Technology V: Applications in Medicine and Ecology, (23 October 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.292835

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