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New trends in carbon dioxide laser microsurgery
Author(s) -
Smith Michael R.,
Miller James B.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
microsurgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.031
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1098-2752
pISSN - 0738-1085
DOI - 10.1002/micr.1920010505
Subject(s) - carbon dioxide laser , medicine , microsurgery , vitrectomy , surgery , ophthalmology , laser , laser surgery , optics , visual acuity , physics
The carbon dioxide laser has been used for cutting and cauterizing tissue in a variety of surgical procedures by means of a dry‐field air/tissue interface approach. Recently, a new wet‐field CO 2 laser technique has been developed and is being used successfully in humans to seal intraocular fibrovascular fronds and retinal tears at the time of vitrectomy, to close rubeotic vessels in the iris, and to excise fibrovascular fronds and epiretinal membranes in cases of severe diabetic retinopathy. Specialized wetfield CO 2 laser photosurgical probes for use in gynecologic microsurgery have been developed and are being studied experimentally. Other potential applications include otolaryngologic microsurgery, neurosurgery, and gastrointestinal and urologic wet‐field surgery.