Microprocessor-controlled Nd:YAG laser for hyperthermia induction in the RIF-1 tumor.

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:To clarify whether epidermal thickness is of importance to the purpuric reaction from treatment with the pulsed dye laser (PDL). STUDY DESIGN/MATERIALS AND METHODS:Fifteen fairly pigmented volunteers were laser treated in two test regions of varying epidermal thicknesses: normal buttock skin a...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Haedersdal M,Bech-Thomsen N,Therkildsen P,Poulsen T,Wulf HC

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Most women with early stage breast cancer have the option of breast conserving therapy, which involves a partial mastectomy for removal of the primary tumor, usually followed by radiotherapy. The presence of tumor at or near the margin is strongly correlated with the risk of local tumor recurre...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Keller MD,Majumder SK,Kelley MC,Meszoely IM,Boulos FI,Olivares GM,Mahadevan-Jansen A

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methods used to revascularize ischemic myocardium have included arterial reconstruction, coronary artery bypass grafting, providing direct circulation from the intraventricular chamber, and techniques to promote collateral circulation. Ventricular channels from the epicardial surface through the endocardium are readil...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Mirhoseini M,Fisher JC,Cayton M

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Short-pulse solid-state lasers have recently received much attention as new coherent light sources for medical applications, but steady transmission of their high-energy output pulses through a solid quartz fiber is difficult because of the onset of laser-induced breakdown. We previously demons...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Sato S,Shi YW,Matsuura Y,Miyagi M,Ashida H

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Lasers have a favorable synergistic effect when combined with other modalities of treatment against keloids. Different types of lasers have been used with triamcinolone infiltration, resulting in promising success rates. The purpose of this study is to describe our first experience treating ear...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Fuenmayor P,Quiñonez H,Salas R,Pujadas Z

更新日期：2020-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:While cryolipolysis initially received FDA clearance for fat reduction in the abdomen and flanks, there was significant interest in non-surgical fat reduction for other sites, such as the inner and outer thighs. This article reports the results of an inner thigh study which contributed to FDA ...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Zelickson BD,Burns AJ,Kilmer SL

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:partial ciliary processes argon laser photocoagulation (PCLP) in the management of glaucoma has been the subject of a carefully conducted, prospective 5+-year clinical trial in 22 eyes of 20 patients. The mean intraocular pressure (IOP) +/- SD was significantly lower (15.5 +/- 3.6 mm Hg) than before the procedure (29....

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Lee PF,Shihab Z,Eberle M

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The BioWeld tube, an albumin-based exovascular stent, has been used for microsurgical anastomoses and compared to conventional sutures. The study presented investigated the potential of the BioWeld tube for vascular anastomosis in larger vessels. Laser-assisted BioWeld anastomoses were compared to conventional-sutured...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Wright B,Vicaretti M,Schwaiger N,Wu J,Trickett R,Morrissey L,Rohanizadeh R,Fletcher J,Maitz P,Harris M

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:The clinical application of laser-assisted vascular anastomosis is afflicted by unreliable and low bonding strengths as well as tedious handling during microvascular surgery. The challenge to be met arises from the flow-off of the chromophore during soldering that changes the absorption and sta...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Schönfeld A,Kabra ZM,Constantinescu M,Bosshardt D,Stoffel MH,Peters K,Frenz M

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:The holmium:YAG (Ho:YAG) laser can be used not only for soft tissue but also for hard tissue such as urinary calculi. The objective of this study was to assess the usefulness of the Ho:YAG laser for endoscopic lithotripsy in patients with urinary tract stone. STUDY DESIGN/MATERIASL AND METHODS:...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Matsuoka K,Iida S,Inoue M,Yoshii S,Arai K,Tomiyasu K,Noda S

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:The use of pulsed dye laser (PDL) and fractional CO2 (FX CO2 ) laser therapy to treat and/or prevent scarring following burn injury is becoming more widespread with a number of studies reporting reduction in scar erythema and pruritus following treatment with lasers. While the majority of studi...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Bailey JK,Blackstone BN,DeBruler DM,Kim JY,Baumann ME,McFarland KL,Imeokparia FO,Supp DM,Powell HM

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have determined exposure conditions for minimal damage to the corneal epithelium in rabbit using a continuous wave Tm: YAG laser operating in the TEM00 mode at incident powers between 80 and 450 mW. The 1/e beam diameter was 0.94 mm and exposure durations for threshold damage ranged from 4.3 to 0.08 sec. Calculated...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： McCally RL,Farrell RA,Bargeron CB

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study aimed to determine the feasibility of conducting a full scale randomized controlled trial investigating the effectiveness of low level laser therapy (LLLT), also known as photobiomodulation (PBM) therapy, used in addition to conventional therapy, for managing breast cancer related lymphedema (BCRL...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Baxter GD,Liu L,Tumilty S,Petrich S,Chapple C,Anders JJ,Laser Lymphedema Trial Team.

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effects on disruption of hair growth of the non-coherent filtered flashlamp intense pulsed light (IPL) source. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Twenty-eight sites on 23 patients with Fitzpatrick type I-III were enrolled using a single treatment IPL followed for three months post-treatment...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Weiss RA,Weiss MA,Marwaha S,Harrington AC

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This canine study (n = 6) evaluated the acute and chronic effects of Nd:YAG laser prostatectomy using a Prolase II fiber. The Prolase II device consists of a 1,000 microns quartz fiber which directs a cone of Nd:YAG laser energy, at 45 degrees to the axis of the fiber, into the prostatic urethra under direct visual gu...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Kopchok GE,Back M,White RA,Cavaye DM,Peng SK,Moriel E,Rajfer J

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Moraxella catarrhalis is a significant cause of pediatric otitis media (OM), which is the most prevalent bacterial infection in children and primary reason for antibiotic administration in this population. Moreover, biofilm formation has been implicated as a primary mechanism of chronic or recu...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Luke-Marshall NR,Mang TS,Hansen LA,Campagnari AA

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Intralipid (IP) is a scatterer extensively used in the building of phantoms for Biomedical Optics measurements. Recently, deviations from the linearity have been shown for the concentration scaling law of the scattering coefficient of IP water solutions at visible wavelengths. In this work thi...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Autiero M,Liuzzi R,Riccio P,Roberti G

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Keloids have been treated with flashlamp pulsed dye lasers (PDLs) with good results. We investigated whether PDL treatments induced keloid regression by decreasing growth factor-beta(1) (TGF-beta(1)) induction, thereby reducing fibroblast proliferation and collagen deposition. STUDY DESIGN/MA...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Kuo YR,Jeng SF,Wang FS,Chen TH,Huang HC,Chang PR,Yang KD

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present results of a series of laser spectroscopic measurements on in vitro samples of cardiovascular tissue. These include laser Raman scattering, Fourier transform infrared, plasma emission and fluorescence, and electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy. The results of these spectroscopic measurements are disc...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Clarke RH,Isner JM,Gauthier T,Nakagawa K,Cerio F,Hanlon E,Gaffney E,Rouse E,DeJesus S

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study characterizes the special properties of hematoporphyrin derivative (HpD) (Photofrin I) and Photofrin II with respect to the absorption and fluorescence spectra of the subfractions of the compounds in both solution and cells. In addition, data are presented demonstrating variation in the spectral amplitudes ...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Sun CH,Duzman E,Mellott J,Liaw LH,Berns MW

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Understanding albumin solder denaturation is important for laser tissue soldering. Human (HSA), bovine (BSA), porcine (PSA), and canine (CSA) albumin both fatty acid containing (FAC) and fatty acid free (FAF) were evaluated by using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). STUDY DESIGN/MATERIA...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Bleustein CB,Sennett M,Kung RT,Felsen D,Poppas DP,Stewart RB

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with malignant obstructive airway lesions often present with total or segmental atelectasis of lung. In spite of prompt initiation of palliative external radiation alone, some patients were unable to complete the planned course of radiation therapy. Since May 1983, 17 patients with malignant obstructive endob...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Jain PR,Dedhia HV,Lapp NL,Thompson AB,Frich JC Jr

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Assessments of non-surgical office-based aesthetic treatments' efficacy including lasers are mostly based on subjective evaluation of clinical photography. Accumulating evidence suggest that non-invasive skin imaging such as optical coherence tomography (OCT) can be effectively used to assess not only the skin surface...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Kislevitz M,Akgul Y,Wamsley C,Hoopman J,Kenkel J

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of picosecond laser-induced optical breakdown on tissue were investigated using high-intensity 40 ps Nd:YAG laser pulses at 1.06 microns. Tissue damage was evaluated using the corneal endothelium in vitro as a model system. Systematic studies were performed to determine the scaling of the tissue damage and...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Zysset B,Fujimoto JG,Puliafito CA,Birngruber R,Deutsch TF

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Urinary incontinence is a common and distressing condition which interferes with everyday life. Patients frequently experience discomfort related to urine leakage and the subsequent need to use absorbent pads. Since the continence mechanism is primarily maintained by a proper function of pelvi...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Samuels JB,Pezzella A,Berenholz J,Alinsod R

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Autofluorescence (AF) emission is an intrinsic parameter that can provide real-time information on morpho-functional properties of biological tissue, being strictly related with their biochemical composition and structural organization. The diagnostic potentials of AF-based techniques have been...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Croce AC,De Simone U,Freitas I,Boncompagni E,Neri D,Cillo U,Bottiroli G

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Enzyme histochemical stains of frozen sections have been used by investigators to assess thermal damage. The assessment of thermal damage to cells in lipid-rich tissues such as subcutaneous tissue and sebaceous glands can be difficult due to the quality of frozen sections of such tissues. The p...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Sherwood ME,Flotte TJ

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Recently developed laser lipolysis systems have been disappointing because they require more time to remove the same amount of fat than other liposuction methods. A new Nd:YAG laser has been introduced that uses the 1,444 nm wavelength, better absorbed by fat. STUDY DESIGN/MATERIALS AND METHO...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Tark KC,Jung JE,Song SY

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Owing to skin aging and the growing demand for skin rejuvenation, minimal invasive aesthetic treatments such as laser procedures are increasingly coming into focus. However, until now, little has been known about the objective effects of these procedures with respect to skin microcirculation or changes in ski...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Medved F,Wurm A,Held M

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One carotid from each dog underwent a laser anastomosis and the other carotid an interrupted suture repair. One or eight weeks later (n greater than or equal to 4 dogs/time period); four rings (1 mm in length) containing the laser or suture anastomosis or the normal artery (two/dog) were removed. Using a photoelectric...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Dalsing MC,Packer CS,Kueppers P,Griffith SL,Davis TE

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00