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Laser treatment is an established option in glaucoma. Thermal, non-thermal, disruptive and excimer lasers have their fields of application.
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Faschinger, C., Hommer, A. (2012). Laser Treatments in the Chamber Angle. In: Gonioscopy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28610-0_9
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