Yag Laser

The YAG laser is a surgical instrument that emits a short pulsed, high energy light beam that can be precisely focused by computer to cut, vaporize, or fragment tissue. The YAG laser is used to treat posterior capsular opacification, a clouding of the remaining capsular tissue that develops postoperatively in as many as half of cataract removal operations. The tissue is vaporized with carefully controlled pulses of the YAG laser, and the surgery is performed on an outpatient basis.