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Resection of abdominal hollow organs by laser
Author(s) -
Skobelkin Oleg K.,
Breckov Eugeny I.,
Bashilov Vitaly P.,
Korepanov Valentine I.,
Litwin Gregory D.,
Smoljaninov Michael V.,
Malyshev Boris N.,
Salyuk Victor A.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
lasers in surgery and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.888
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1096-9101
pISSN - 0196-8092
DOI - 10.1002/lsm.1900070402
Subject(s) - laser , medicine , resection , surgery , irradiation , instrumentation (computer programming) , optics , computer science , physics , nuclear physics , operating system
During a ten‐year period 642 abdominal hollow organ resections have been performed by means of a new, original technique — that is, CO 2 laser irradiation combined with specially designed instrumentation. This resulted in a remarkable decrease in postoperative morbidity and mortality. The article describes the laser procedure.