Complete patency in thrombus-occluded arteries two weeks after laser recanalization.

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to examine the influence of implant bed preparation, using either Er:YAG laser ablation, piezoelectric surgery or drill osteotomy, on osseointegration of titanium dental implants after 4, 6, and 8 weeks. MATERIAL AND METHODS:A total of 108 implants (Camlog) were plac...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Stübinger S,Biermeier K,Bächi B,Ferguson SJ,Sader R,von Rechenberg B

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Laser lithotripsy, often used during ureteronephroscopy (URNS), requires the Ho:YAG optical fiber transmit energy via total internal reflection (TIR). In critical lower pole deflections, energy may refract into the cladding causing fiber failure and scope damage. New optical fiber technology aims to have inc...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Forbes CM,Rebullar KA,Teichman JMH

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:The goal of this study was to use an inexpensive macroscopic imaging system to monitor tumor progression in mouse models in real-time with minimal intervention. STUDY DESIGN/MATERIALS AND METHODS:Illumination is provided via a xenon arc lamp and a fiber optic probe which delivers white light o...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Carlson AL,Hoffmeyer MR,Wall KM,Baugher PJ,Richards-Kortum R,Dharmawardhane SF

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:We evaluated the potential of combining laser excision with laser interstitial hyperthermia in order to improve the quality of life of patients with 3rd or 4th stage malignant head and neck tumours. STUDY DESIGN/MATERIALS AND METHODS:To evaluate the quality of life, we used the 4th version of...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Smucler R,Mazánek J

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:A prospective, double-blind, randomized, and controlled trial was conducted in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA) to evaluate the efficacy of infrared low-power Gallium-Arsenide (Ga-As) laser therapy (LPLT) and compared two different laser therapy regimes. STUDY DESIGN/MATERIALS AND METHO...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Gur A,Cosut A,Sarac AJ,Cevik R,Nas K,Uyar A

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Q-switched lasers had been used in the treatment of lentigo maligna but their role remains controversial. While previous studies have addressed the change in adhesion molecule expression after sub-lethal laser damage, no study has addressed the impact of sub-lethal laser damage at a molecular ...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Chan HH,Xiang L,Leung JC,Tsang KW,Lai KN

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Laser-assisted tissue repair is often accompanied by a high dehiscence rate, which may be due to alterations in suture material after laser exposure. The goal of this study was to investigate the effect of CO2 laser irradiation on the tensile strength of microsurgical suture material. STUDY DE...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Menovsky T,Beek JF,van Gemert MJ

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The temperature developed by the laser thermal ("hot tip") probe during arterial recanalisation is primarily dependent on the rate of energy delivery and the rate of dissipation to the surrounding medium. While higher probe tip temperatures enhance the efficacy of atheroma ablation, so too is the incidence of adverse ...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Rosenthal E,Foussas S,Montarello JK,Boyd EG,Curry PV

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Er-YAG (2.9 microns, 200 microseconds pulsewidth) and Ho-YAG (2.12 microns, 250 microseconds pulsewidth) lasers were used to irradiate bovine crystalline lenses. Mass ablated increased with increasing fluence for both lasers and was greater for the Er-YAG than the Ho-YAG laser at all fluences. The mass loss vs. fluenc...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Ross BS,Puliafito CA

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the effect of Er:YAG and Nd:YAG laser on radicular dentine permeability when using distilled and deionized water and 1% NaClO as irrigating solutions. STUDY DESIGN/MATERIALS AND METHODS:Thirty human maxillary canines were divided randomly into six groups. The root canals were inst...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Brugnera A Jr,Zanin F,Barbin EL,Spanó JC,Santana R,Pécora JD

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluorescence spectroscopy is a promising new technique for discrimination of normal and atherosclerotic arterial tissues. It has been suggested that this technique be used as a guidance system for laser angiosurgery catheters; however, irradiation by 476-nm light can change the spectroscopic properties of arterial tis...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Chaudhry HW,Richards-Kortum R,Kolubayev T,Kittrell C,Partovi F,Kramer JR,Feld MS

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Ovarian cancer remains the deadliest malignancy of the female reproductive system. The ability to identify and destroy all ovarian tumor nodules may have a termendous impact on preventing tumor recurrence, and patient survival. The objective of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Bahmani B,Guerrero Y,Bacon D,Kundra V,Vullev VI,Anvari B

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Near-infrared radiation from a Nd:YAG laser at 1,064 nm was used interstitially or superficially to induce hyperthermia in RIF-1 tumors in C3H male mice. A single 600-microns quartz fiber with a 0.5-cm cylindrical diffusor or a weakly diverging microlens at its distal end was used to deliver laser energy to tumors in ...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Waldow SM,Russell GE,Wallner PE

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Swelling and trismus are complications experienced by nearly all subjects after undergoing oral surgery for the removal of impacted teeth. The main purpose of this paper was to compare the effects of photobiomodulation therapy (PBMT) at two different wavelengths applied intra-orally and extra-o...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Sierra SO,Deana AM,Bussadori SK,da Mota AC,Ferrari RA,do Vale KL,Fernandes KP

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The advantages of the laser have been extolled in the literature but, in contrast, there is a paucity of information on the hazards involved in its surgical use. Recognition and prevention of risks is a mandatory requirement. The experience by encounter is described with counsel as to the prerequisite of taking precau...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Lobraico RV

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transport of biologically active material during laser cutting with CO2 and Er lasers is demonstrated. This transport mechanism removes particles from the surface of gelatin, agar, and liver samples into the depth of the laser-formed craters. The transport phenomenon is explained by a contraction and condensation ...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Frenz M,Mathezloic F,Stoffel MH,Zweig AD,Romano V,Weber HP

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:We present a new theory of selective thermal damage of non-uniformly pigmented structures in biological tissues. Spatial separation of the heavily pigmented areas and the target requires limitation of the pigment temperature and heat diffusion from the pigmented to the targeted areas. STUDY DE...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Altshuler GB,Anderson RR,Manstein D,Zenzie HH,Smirnov MZ

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diagnostic endoscopy has generally been done under intravenous sedation. Diazepam and meperidine are the two most frequent drugs used. Even though these drugs produce sedation, analgesia, and amnesia, they do not provide a quiet field. Therapeutic laser endoscopy requires a quiet field. We conclude that an anesthesiol...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Lichtiger M,Russin DJ

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of light in laser-irradiated biological medium is computed using four different procedures. Values computed with Beer's law of attenuation, Kubelka-Munk theory, the diffusion approximation, and a seven-flux model are compared. The proper conditions for using each model are discussed. ...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Welch AJ,Yoon G,van Gemert MJ

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been postulated that low energy (soft) lasers can enhance wound healing. Considering the importance of cell locomotion in the wound healing process, we have studied the effects of a helium/neon laser upon the locomotory behaviour of a population of fibroblasts migrating within a three-dimensional hydrated colla...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Noble PB,Shields ED,Blecher PD,Bentley KC

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Previously, we have shown that a 43°C pretreatment can provide thermotolerance to a following, more severe, thermal stress at 45°C. Using cells that lack the Hsp70 gene, we have also shown that there is still some thermotolerance in the absence of HSP70 protein. The purpose of this study was t...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Beckham JT,Wilmink GJ,Opalenik SR,Mackanos MA,Abraham AA,Takahashi K,Contag CH,Takahashi T,Jansen ED

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The heating potential of a closed loop interstitial hyperthermia system employing 1,064 nm laser light in conjunction with a long frosted contact probe was investigated in hind limb muscle of anesthetized dogs. The laser system was an Nd:YAG surgical laser modified with a single channel thermometry unit, a computer, a...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Panjehpour M,Overholt BF,Milligan AJ,Swaggerty MW,Wilkinson JE,Klebanow ER

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to examine the acute response of normal arterial wall to pulsed laser irradiation. Irradiation with an Excimer or a Holmium YAG laser was performed in 15 normal iliac sites of 8 male New Zealand white rabbits. The excimer laser was operated at 308 nm, 25 Hz, 50 mJ/mm2/pulse, and 135 nsec/pulse ...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Nakamura F,Kvasnicka J,Levame M,Lange F,Bousbaa H,Geschwind HJ

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the antiallergic effect of low-level laser irradiation (LLLI) at 650 nm in a mouse model of allergic rhinitis (AR), and to examine the underlying mechanisms. STUDY DESIGN/MATERIALS AND METHODS:BALB/c mice were sensitized with ovalbumin (OVA) and alum and challenged intranasally wi...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Bae JS,Kim SH,Kim JH,Kim EH,Lyu L,Chung PS,Mo JH

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:For Asian skin, recent "non-ablative" skin rejuvenation techniques have become the focus of attention for darker complected patients. In our earlier research, we have shown that intense pulsed light (IPL) technology can be applied to Asian skin with a high degree of safety and efficacy. In thi...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Negishi K,Wakamatsu S,Kushikata N,Tezuka Y,Kotani Y,Shiba K

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:The current study (for which ethical approval was obtained) sought to assess the effect of low intensity monochromatic infrared therapy (LIMIRT) on experimentally induced delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS). STUDY DESIGN/MATERIALS AND METHODS:Healthy volunteers were recruited (n = 24, 12M:12F...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Glasgow PD,Hill ID,McKevitt AM,Lowe AS,Baxter D

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Enhancement of photodynamic therapy (PDT) with 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) has been demonstrated experimentally using light dose fractionation or CP94 iron chelation. This study extends this research. STUDY DESIGN/MATERIALS AND METHODS:In normal rat colon, CP94 administration and light dose f...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Curnow A,MacRobert AJ,Bown SG

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CO2, Nd:YAG, and argon lasers have been used for 5 years for experimental and clinical procedures at the National Cancer Institute of Milan under the auspices of the National Research Council. Experimental data regarding tumor cell spread through lymphatic and hematic channels and cell viability in the fumes after CO2...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Emanuelli H,Bandieramonte G,Marchesini R,Fava G,Rodari A,Colombo MP,Costa A,Spinelli P,Zunino F,Chiesa F,Cascinelli N,Andreola S,Pariente R,Canti GF

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To date, there are two fairly well-established alternatives for laser-induced shock-wave lithotripsy in clinical practice. The Q-switched Nd:YAG laser is distinguished by the high-stone selectivity of its coupler systems. The necessity of a coupler system and its fairly small conversion rate of light energy into mecha...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Thomas S,Pensel J,Engelhardt R,Meyer W,Hofstetter AG

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Progressive ascending telangiectasia (PAT) is a distinct entity with telangiectatic superficial vessels on lower extremities as its main clinical feature. A relationship with occult infections and response to antibiotic and antifungal drugs have been described, although not all cases can be suc...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Pérez B,Núñez M,Boixeda P,Harto A,Ledo A

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00