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topic. The initial European research out of France and
Switzerland reported great success, but 10 years later, YAG lasers
came to be seen as commodity products, designed exclusively for
disrupting posterior capsules and performing iridotomies. The
inherent technical
and product-design
constraints made it
difficult to use YAG
lasers in the posteri-
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of the vitreous, which
can make it difficult
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