Gossman, 1992  Title: Experimental comparison of laser and
cryosurgical cilia destruction.
Authors: Gossman DM, Brightwell JR, Huntington
AC, Newton C, Yung R, Eggler S
Journal: Ophthalmic Surg 1992 Mar;23(3):179-82
PMID: 1574286, UI: 92244593
Affiliated institution: Department
of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Louisville
School of Medicine, Ky 40202.
Cited in:
We compared cryosurgery with the argon and carbon dioxide lasers
in a rabbit model to evaluate the permanence of eyelash destruction
as well as the gross and histologic effects on the eyelid. Each
modality was equally effective in preventing eyelash regrowth.
Cryosurgery and the carbon dioxide laser produced the greatest
acute soft tissue swelling; the carbon dioxide laser produced
the most pronounced gross eyelid alterations. The argon laser
produced minimal eyelid tissue change. Long-term histologic tissue
alterations were not striking and were confined to eyelids treated
with cryosurgery and the carbon dioxide laser. We conclude that,
of the two lasers, the argon is the best suited to the clinical
treatment of trichiasis: it is widely available, more precise
in limiting contiguous tissue destruction when delivered through
a slit lamp, and is safer for use near the eye.
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