{"id":1934,"date":"2022-09-12T12:23:50","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T10:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ceopalermo.com\/?page_id=1934"},"modified":"2026-02-15T16:42:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T15:42:57","slug":"yag-laser","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ceopalermo.com\/en\/treatments\/laser-treatments\/yag-laser\/","title":{"rendered":"YAG laser for posterior capsular opacification and iridotomy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><section id=\"bt_section6acff87a99e35\"  class=\"boldSection topSemiSpaced bottomSemiSpaced btDarkSkin gutter inherit\" style=\"background-color:rgb(28,76,147);\"><div class=\"port\"><div class=\"boldCell\"><div class=\"boldCellInner\"><div class=\"boldRow  \" ><div class=\"boldRowInner\"><div class=\"rowItem col-md-2  col-sm-4 col-ms-12 btTextLeft\"  ><div class=\"rowItemContent\" ><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rowItem col-md-8 col-ms-12 btTextCenter animate animate-fadein inherit\"  ><div class=\"rowItemContent\" ><header class=\"header btClear extralarge btDash topDash  btAlternateDash\" ><div class=\"btSuperTitle\">Laser treatments<\/div><div class=\"dash\"><h1><span class=\"headline\">YAG laser for posterior capsular opacification and iridotomy<\/span><\/h1><\/div><\/header><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rowItem col-md-2  col-sm-4 col-ms-12 btTextLeft\"  ><div class=\"rowItemContent\" ><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section id=\"bt_section6acff87a9a2ca\"  class=\"boldSection topSpaced bottomSpaced gutter inherit\" ><div class=\"port\"><div class=\"boldCell\"><div class=\"boldCellInner\"><div class=\"boldRow  \" ><div class=\"boldRowInner\"><div class=\"rowItem col-md-6 col-sm-12 btTextLeft animate animate-fadein inherit\"  ><div class=\"rowItemContent\" ><div class=\"btClear btSeparator topSemiSpaced bottomExtraSmallSpaced noBorder bt_bb_hidden_xs bt_bb_hidden_ms bt_bb_hidden_sm\" ><hr><\/div><header class=\"header btClear large  btNormalDash\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><div class=\"btSubTitle\">Some time after cataract surgery (months or years), the so-called &#8220;posterior capsular opacification&#8220; may develop, which is the clouding of the posterior capsule of the lens. This opacification cause blurred vision and can be effectively treated with YAG laser, a painless therapy that restores transparency and vision in just a few minutes. YAG laser is also used to treat a particular form of glaucoma, angle-closure glaucoma, or the anatomical condition (shallow anterior chamber) predisposing to this form of glaucoma, making a little hole in the iris (iridotomy).<\/div><\/header><div class=\"btClear btSeparator bottomSemiSpaced noBorder bt_bb_hidden_md bt_bb_hidden_lg\" ><hr><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rowItem col-md-6 col-sm-12 btTextLeft animate animate-fadein inherit\"  ><div class=\"rowItemContent\" ><div class=\"btIconImageRow\" ><div class=\"bpgPhoto btTextCenter\" ><div class=\"btImage\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ceopalermo.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/yag-laser-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"btClear btSeparator bottomExtraSmallSpaced noBorder\" ><hr><\/div><div class=\"btClear btSeparator bottomSemiSpaced noBorder bt_bb_hidden_md bt_bb_hidden_lg\" ><hr><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"boldRow  \" ><div class=\"boldRowInner\"><div class=\"rowItem col-md-12 col-ms-12  btTextLeft animate animate-fadein inherit\"  ><div class=\"rowItemContent\" ><div class=\"btClear btSeparator bottomExtraSmallSpaced noBorder\" ><hr><\/div><div class=\"btClear btSeparator topSmallSpaced border\" ><hr><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2556,"parent":1370,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1934","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ceopalermo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ceopalermo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ceopalermo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ceopalermo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ceopalermo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1934"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.ceopalermo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1934\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3388,"href":"https:\/\/www.ceopalermo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1934\/revisions\/3388"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ceopalermo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1370"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ceopalermo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ceopalermo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}