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. 2016 Jun;46(3):138-143.
doi: 10.4274/tjo.29577. Epub 2016 Jun 6.

Macular Burns from Nonmedical Lasers

Işıl Sayman Muslubaş  1 , Mümin Hocaoğlu  1 , Serra Arf  1 , Hakan Özdemir  1 , Murat Karaçorlu  1
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Macular Burns from Nonmedical Lasers

Işıl Sayman Muslubaş et al. Turk J Ophthalmol. 2016 Jun.

Abstract

Laser devices are widely used for medical, military, industrial and entertainment purposes. This extensive and unregulated use of lasers can cause a variety of maculopathies that can result in permanent vision loss. Uncontrolled and inappropriate use of laser instruments should be prevented with strict rules. We strongly emphasize the importance of changing the general misperception that lasers are safe to use for entertainment purposes. In this study we aim to report the clinical features of three patients with a history of maculopathy caused by exposure to laser light in an entertainment venue.

Keywords: Nonmedical laser; macular burn; vitreoretinal surgery.

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Conflict of interest statement

No conflict of interest was declared by the authors. Financial Disclosure: The authors declared that this study received no financial support.

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Figure 1. Case 1, preoperative (A) and postoperative (B) color fundus photographs
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Figure 2. Case 1, preoperative (A) and postoperative (B) optical coherence tomography images
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Figure 3. Case 1, preoperative (A) and postoperative (B) microperimetry-1 images
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Figure 4. Case 2, preoperative (A) and postoperative (B) color fundus photographs
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Figure 5. Case 2, preoperative (A) and postoperative (B) optical coherence tomography images
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Figure 6. Case 3, color fundus photographs before (A) and after (B) intravitreal injection
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Figure 7. Case 3, optical coherence tomography images before (A) and after (B) intravitreal injection
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Figure 8. Case 3, fluorescein angiography images before (A) and after (B) intravitreal injection
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Figure 9. Case 3, microperimetry-1 images before (A) and after (B) intravitreal injection
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