de Juan-Marcos L, Cañete-Campos C, Cruz-González F, López-Corral A, Hernández-Galilea E
Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, España.
Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, España.
Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol. 2014 Nov;89(11):459-62. doi: 10.1016/j.oftal.2013.11.003. Epub 2013 Dec 25.
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.
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.