image: These are images obtained after surgery. (A) Slit lamp view of the edge of the capsule 1 day after surgery (arrow). (B) Scanning electron micrograph of the edge of the capsule. Note microgrooves produced by each laser pulse (arrows). Scale bar, 10 μm. (C) Histology of the lens capsule removed from the eye, stained with toluidine blue. Note a very sharp and clean edge (arrow). This image relates to an article that appeared in the Nov. 17, 2010, issue of Science Translational Medicine, published by AAAS. The study, by Daniel V. Palanker of Stanford University in Stanford, Calif., and colleagues, was titled, "Femtosecond Laser-Assisted Cataract Surgery." view more
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