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Laser surgery is a type of surgery that uses a laser (in contrast to using a scalpel) to cut tissue. [ 1] Types of surgical lasers include carbon dioxide, argon, Nd:YAG laser, and potassium titanyl phosphate, among others. Soft-tissue laser surgery is used in a variety of applications in humans ( general surgery, neurosurgery, ENT, dentistry ...
A 40-watt CO 2 laser with applications in ENT, gynecology, dermatology, oral surgery, and podiatry. Laser medicine is the use of lasers in medical diagnosis, treatments, or therapies, such as laser photodynamic therapy, [ 1] photorejuvenation, and laser surgery . The word laser stands for "light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation".
Tina S. Alster, MD, FAAD, is an American dermatologist, educator, researcher, and author.Alster specializes in dermatologic laser surgery and cosmetic dermatology. She is the founding director of her skin care clinic, the Washington Institute of Dermatologic Laser Surgery, [1] and is a Clinical Professor of Dermatology at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, D.C. [2]
ICD-9-CM. 11.71. MeSH. D020731. MedlinePlus. 007018. [ edit on Wikidata] LASIK or Lasik ( laser -assisted in situ keratomileusis ), commonly referred to as laser eye surgery or laser vision correction, is a type of refractive surgery for the correction of myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism. [ 1]
By the 1970s, he was applying low level laser light to treat people with skin ulcers. [11] In 1974, he founded the Laser Research Center at the Semmelweis Medical University in Budapest, and continued working there for the remainder of his life. [37] His sons carried on his work and brought it to the United States. [36]
Lasers are used to treat cancer in several different ways. Their high-intensity light can be used to shrink or destroy tumors or precancerous growths. Lasers are most commonly used to treat superficial cancers (cancers on the surface of the body or the lining of internal organs) such as basal-cell skin cancer and the very early stages of some cancers, such as cervical, penile, vaginal, vulvar ...
Laser ablation. Laser ablation or photoablation (also called laser blasting[ 1][ 2][ 3]) is the process of removing material from a solid (or occasionally liquid) surface by irradiating it with a laser beam. At low laser flux, the material is heated by the absorbed laser energy and evaporates or sublimates. At high laser flux, the material is ...
Cataract surgery, using a temporal approach phacoemulsification probe (in right hand) and "chopper" (in left hand) being done under operating microscope at a Navy medical center A cataract is an opacification or cloudiness of the eye's crystalline lens due to aging, disease, or trauma that typically prevents light from forming a clear image on ...