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| | EyeNet Magazine Online | April 2001 | Cataract (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | The Dodick PhotoLysis surgical systemnamed for its inventor, Jack M. Dodick, MD, chief of ophthalmology at Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospitalproduces little or no thermal energy, thus avoiding the corneal and scleral burns that are a concern with phacoemulsification. |
 | | In the photolysis system, pulsed Nd: YAG laser energy is transferred to the laser probe via a quartz fiberoptic. |
 | | For now, photolysis is limited to patients with widely dilating pupils, no other comorbidities and cataracts with approximately 2+ nuclear sclerosis. |
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