Reduction of collateral thermal impact of diode laser irradiation on soft tissue due to modified application parameters.

abstract：:Since time immemorial, tuberculosis (TB) has intimidated the human race owing to its severity. Its socio-economic burden has led to it being a major cause of concern. It is one of the world's major causes of death from a single agent. Since most of the middle- and low-income countries are burdened with TB, sputum smea...

journal_title：Lasers in medical science

authors： Ojha A,Banik S,Melanthota SK,Mazumder N

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present work evaluated the effects of LED light irradiation on the healing of the navels of neonatal dairy calves. Fifty-seven neonatal calves were divided into two groups. Animals had their umbilical stumps immersed in 10% iodine tincture for 60 s, and this process was repeated every 24 h for three consecutive da...

journal_title：Lasers in medical science

authors： de Souza Faria ALB,Conrado LAL,Vanzela LS,Villaverde AB,Munin E

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary hyperparathyroidism (HPT) in 80% of patients is due to a solitary parathyroid adenoma, while in 20% multigland pathology exists, usually hyperplasia [Scott-Coombes, Surgery, 21(12):309-312, 2003]. Despite recent advances in minimally invasive parathyroidectomy, better preoperative localisation techniques and i...

journal_title：Lasers in medical science

authors： Das K,Stone N,Kendall C,Fowler C,Christie-Brown J

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bactericidal activity of a pulsed fibre-optic Nd-YAP laser on various strains of oral bacteria: Prevotella nigrescens, Streptococcus sanguis, Actinomyces viscosus (i), Fusobacterium nucleatum, Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans and Peptostreptococcus micros (i) was evaluated. A 200-μm optical fibre was placed in...

journal_title：Lasers in medical science

authors： Rochd T,Calas P,Roques C

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute lung injury (ALI) is defined as respiratory failure syndrome, in which the pathogenesis could occur from sepsis making it a life-threatening disease by uncontrolled hyperinflammatory responses. A possible treatment for ALI is the use of low-power infrared lasers (LPIL), whose therapeutical effects depend on wave...

journal_title：Lasers in medical science

authors： da Silva Sergio LP,Thomé AMC,da Silva Neto Trajano LA,Vicentini SC,Teixeira AF,Mencalha AL,de Paoli F,de Souza da Fonseca A

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed at examining the effects of a percentage of air/water in spray on the cutting efficiency of Er,Cr:YSGG laser for enamel and dentin. The intensity and frequency of irradiation were 3.0 W and 20 Hz for the enamel surface and 2.0 W and 20 Hz for the dentin surface, respectively. Flattened surfaces of enamel and ...

journal_title：Lasers in medical science

authors： Shinkai K,Takada M,Kawashima S,Suzuki M,Suzuki S

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of Er:YAG laser irradiation on shear bond strength and microleakage between resin cements and yttrium-stabilized tetragonal zirconia (Y-TZP) ceramics. Eighty disc specimens of Y-TZP ceramics (6 mm × 4 mm) were prepared. The specimens were divided into two group...

journal_title：Lasers in medical science

authors： Akin H,Tugut F,Akin GE,Guney U,Mutaf B

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to determine the laser dose for the stimulation, zero-bioactivation, and inhibition of normal and neoplastic cells in vitro. The medical use of laser biomodulation has been occurring for decades in the area of tissue healing and inflammatory conditions. The potential to modulate the regeneratio...

journal_title：Lasers in medical science

authors： Al-Watban FA,Andres BL

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential of laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) spectroscopy for the characterization of different stages of dental caries using 404-nm diode laser excitation was investigated. In vitro spectra from 16 sound, 10 noncavitated carious and 10 cavitated carious molar teeth were recorded on a miniature fibre-optic spectr...

journal_title：Lasers in medical science

authors： Thomas SS,Jayanthi JL,Subhash N,Thomas J,Mallia RJ,Aparna G

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biostimulatory effect of cell proliferation and bone formation by laser irradiation has been reported, however, very little is known about the molecular basis of mechanisms. We previously constructed the cDNA library of mouse osteoblastic cells (MC3T3-E1) which enhanced gene expression by laser irradiation using a sub...

journal_title：Lasers in medical science

authors： Yamamoto M,Tamura K,Hiratsuka K,Abiko Y

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Delivery of intradermally focused nanosecond laser pulses with small energy as an alternate technique applicable to clinical procedures in dermatological and plastic surgery is an area of relatively new interest with multiple potential applications. We assessed this approach on common tattoo pigments in dermis in an i...

journal_title：Lasers in medical science

authors： Hu XH,Wooden WA,Vore SJ,Cariveau MJ,Fang Q,Kalmus GW

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida albicans is an opportunistic pathogen commensal in the oral cavity, vagina, and healthy skin. Common therapeutic options for fungal infections are topical or systemic antifungal drugs. Recently, in cutaneous pathologies, lasers and light-based treatments have emerged showing few contraindications and minimal s...

journal_title：Lasers in medical science

authors： Baroni A,De Filippis A,Oliviero G,Fusco A,Perfetto B,Buommino E,Donnarumma G

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, we demonstrated the use of nanoporous zinc oxide (ZnO NPs) in photodynamic therapy. The ZnO NPs structure possesses a high surface to volume ratio due to its porosity and ZnO NPs can be used as an efficient photosensitizer carrier system. We were able to grow ZnO NPs on the tip of borosilicate gl...

journal_title：Lasers in medical science

authors： Fakhar-e-Alam M,Ali SM,Ibupoto ZH,Kimleang K,Atif M,Kashif M,Loong FK,Hashim U,Willander M

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial biofilms are often found in chronically infected wounds. Biofilms protect bacteria from antibiotics and impair wound healing. Surgical debridement is often needed to remove the biofilm from an infected wound. Laser-generated shockwave (LGS) treatment is a novel tissue-sparing treatment for biofilm disruption...

journal_title：Lasers in medical science

authors： Yao W,Kuan EC,Grundfest WS,St John MA

更新日期：2020-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to investigate and compare the effects of high intensity laser therapy (HILT) and low level laser therapy (LLLT) on the treatment of patients with Bell's palsy. Forty-eight patients participated in and completed this study. The mean age was 43 ± 9.8 years. They were randomly assigned i...

journal_title：Lasers in medical science

authors： Alayat MS,Elsodany AM,El Fiky AA

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-invasive skin-tightening devices can induce thermal denaturation and skin shrinkage via externally applied radiofrequency emissions or high-frequency ultrasound. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to develop and test a method for measurement of skin reduction associated with application of such energy devices...

journal_title：Lasers in medical science

authors： Alam M,Pongprutthipan M,Nanda S,Kim NA,Swary JH,Roongpisuthipong W,Kauvar AN,Weil A,Iyengar S,Chen BR,Vasic J,Maisel A,West DP,Nodzenksi M,Veledar E,Poon E

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to assess the effects of 780-nm low-level laser therapy at different periods of 7, 14 and 21 days after cryolesion, including the dose (10 or 50 J/cm(2)), to promote a better muscle repair evidenced by histopathological and immunohistochemical analyses. Fifty-four male rats were divided...

journal_title：Lasers in medical science

authors： Brunelli RM,Rodrigues NC,Ribeiro DA,Fernandes K,Magri A,Assis L,Parizotto NA,Cliquet A Jr,Renno AC,Abreu DC

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to compare the concentration of mast cells (MCs) in the healing process of incisions. Thirty rats were submitted to six linear incisions each, performed in the dorsal skin by carbon dioxide (CO(2)) and diode lasers, electrocautery and conventional scalpel. The animals were euthanized at inter...

journal_title：Lasers in medical science

authors： Azevedo LH,de Sousa SC,Correa L,de Paula Eduardo C,Dagli ML,Romanos G,Migliari DA

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We observed the promoting effects of the 2940-nm erbium:YAG (Er:YAG) fractional laser in topical drug delivery for psoriasis. A total of five (four males and one female) recalcitrant psoriasis patients were given laser treatment eight times at 1-week intervals with the following parameters: 5-11% spot density and 100-...

journal_title：Lasers in medical science

authors： Li R,Zhou J,Su H,Wang M,Wang Y,Xiao S,Ma H

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to histologically and biochemically analyze the effects of light-emitting diode therapy (LEDT) associated with resistance training to prevent sarcopenia in ovariectomized rats. Forty female Wistar rats (12 months old, 295-330 g) were bilaterally ovariectomized and divided into four groups (n ...

journal_title：Lasers in medical science

authors： Corazza AV,Paolillo FR,Groppo FC,Bagnato VS,Caria PH

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current study evaluates whether the addition of low-level laser therapy into standard conventional physical therapy in elderly with bilateral symptomatic tri-compartmental knee arthritis can successfully postpone the need for joint replacement surgery. A prospective randomized cohort study of 100 consecutive unsel...

journal_title：Lasers in medical science

authors： Ip D

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of flexible ureteroscopy (FURS) and holmium:YAG laser lithotripsy for the treatment of upper urinary tract stones in patients on active oral anticoagulants. The records of 1081 patients who underwent flexible ureteroscopic holmium:YAG (Ho:YAG) laser l...

journal_title：Lasers in medical science

authors： Altay B,Erkurt B,Albayrak S

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, shear bond strength (SBS) of metal orthodontic brackets to porcelain following conditioning by Er:YAG (erbium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet) and Nd:YAG (neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet) laser in comparison to conventional methods was evaluated. One hundred glazed porcelain discs with an upper ce...

journal_title：Lasers in medical science

authors： Poosti M,Jahanbin A,Mahdavi P,Mehrnoush S

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Crohn's disease is a chronic relapsing and remitting inflammatory condition which affects any part of the gastrointestinal tract. In the oro-facial region, patients can present peri-oral swellings which results in severe facial disfigurement. To date, assessing the degree of facial changes and evaluation of treatment ...

journal_title：Lasers in medical science

authors： Zou L,Adegun OK,Willis A,Fortune F

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to investigate the influence of low-level red (660 nm) and infrared (780 nm) laser with four different radiance exposures on human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) in vitro. HUVECs (1.5 × 104) were incubated in 96-well culture plates. The cells were maintained in M199 medium s...

journal_title：Lasers in medical science

authors： Terena SML,Mesquita-Ferrari RA,de Siqueira Araújo AM,Fernandes KPS,Fernandes MH

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of imaging technique to visualize and quantify the structural alteration of the spinal cord injury (SCI) may lead to better understanding and treatments of the injuries. In this work, multiphoton microscopy (MPM) based on two-photon excited fluorescence (TPEF) and second-harmonic generation (SHG) was t...

journal_title：Lasers in medical science

authors： Liao C,Zhu X,Zhou L,Wang Z,Liu W,Chen J

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the degree of conversion (DC) and to identify the viscoelastic properties: storage modulus (E'), loss modulus (E"), tangent delta (tan δ), and glass transition temperature (T g ) of a microhybrid resin-composite light-activated by three different protocols. A Filtek Z250 (3 M ESPE...

journal_title：Lasers in medical science

authors： Giorgi MC,Pistor V,Mauler RS,Lima DA,Marchi GM,Aguiar FH

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of low-level laser therapy (LLLT) and alpha-lipoic acid (ALA) in the treatment of burning mouth syndrome (BMS) and secondary oral burning (SOB) by unstimulated sialometry, symptom assessment, and measurement of salivary TNF-α levels. Forty-four patients were randomize...

journal_title：Lasers in medical science

authors： Barbosa NG,Gonzaga AKG,de Sena Fernandes LL,da Fonseca AG,Queiroz SIML,Lemos TMAM,da Silveira ÉJD,de Medeiros AMC

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of 1470- and 980-nm lasers with regard to power output, complications, recanalization rates, and treatment response. We prospectively evaluated the effectiveness of endovenous laser ablation (EVLA) in a total of 152 great and small saphenous veins from 96 pati...

journal_title：Lasers in medical science

authors： Aktas AR,Celik O,Ozkan U,Cetin M,Koroglu M,Yilmaz S,Daphan BU,Oguzkurt L

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Induction of matrix synthesis by low-level laser has been demonstrated extensively. However, the question of dose- or power intensity-dependency is under-investigated. To address this issue we chose human osteoblast cell cultures and measured their alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity after laser irradiation. The cell ...

journal_title：Lasers in medical science

authors： Haxsen V,Schikora D,Sommer U,Remppis A,Greten J,Kasperk C

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00