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The Excimer Factor: How Excimer Lasers Changed the Landscape of Corrective Eye Surgery

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

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The Excimer Factor: How Excimer Lasers Changed the Landscape of Corrective Eye Surgery

Many modern methods of laser eye surgery revolve around the excimer laser, a special kind of laser that emits ultraviolet chemicals. This type of laser was first seen and used in manufacturing semiconductors way back in the 1970s, but, more recently, the excimer laser has been incorporated in treatment methods. In 1982, Dr. Rangaswamy Srinivasin [...]

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