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In utero fetal surgery using a milliwatt carbon dioxide laser
Author(s) -
Hallock Geoffrey G.,
Rice David C.
Publication year - 1989
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.1900090510
Subject(s) - in utero , carbon dioxide laser , fetal surgery , medicine , microsurgery , fetus , surgery , laser , laser surgery , pregnancy , biology , optics , genetics , physics
In utero surgery represents a future new frontier with unknown possibilities for medical intervention. Since the presently available microsurgery instruments are too cumbersome or indelicate, low‐energy carbon dioxide lasers have been investigated as a tool that holds promise as a fetal scalpel and hemastatic device. Preliminary results demonstrate that continued investigation is necessary to limit the zone of tissue destruction in these most diminutive patients.