Lesión macular bilateral tras la manipulación de un láser femtosegundo

  1. Juan Marcos, Lourdes
  2. Cañete Campos, C.
  3. Cruz González, Fernando
  4. López-Corral, A.
  5. Hernández Galilea, Emiliano
Revista:
Archivos de la Sociedad Española de Oftalmologia

ISSN: 0365-6691

Any de publicació: 2014

Volum: 89

Número: 11

Pàgines: 459-462

Tipus: Article

DOI: 10.1016/J.OFTAL.2013.11.003 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR

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Resum

Case report We describe the case of a 35-year-old man who arrived in the Emergency Department with bilateral macular injury caused by accidental exposure to an industrial femtosecond laser. Discussion Workers operating industrial lasers must protect their eyes properly when handling these devices. Otherwise, retina damage may occur which usually is recoverable. However, sometimes this damage causes permanent visual loss.