Laser oncology in Italy: experimental research and clinical applications at the National Cancer Institute, Milan.

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Striae distensae (SD) are cutaneous lesions that often occur on the breasts, abdomen, hips, and thighs. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a new technique using a non-invasive Er:YAG laser combined with Spatially Modulated Ablation (SMA) module for the treatment of SD. S...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Meningaud JP,SidAhmed-Mezi M,Billon R,Rem K,La Padula S,Hersant B

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Dental composite restorative materials are color matched to the tooth and are difficult to remove by mechanical means without excessive removal or damage to peripheral enamel and dentin. Lasers are ideally suited for selective ablation to minimize healthy tissue loss when replacing existing restorations, seal...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Chan KH,Hirasuna K,Fried D

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:To investigate silicone naphthalocyanine (SINc; 0.5 mg/kg) for photodynamic therapy (PDT) of the ciliary body in pigmented rabbits. STUDY DESIGN/MATERIALS AND METHODS:SINc was dissolved in canola oil by heating, emulsified with Tween-80, and given by ear vein. Pharmacokinetics were studied in ...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Hill RA,Garrett J,Reddi S,Esterowitz T,Liaw LH,Ryan J,Shirk J,Kenney M,Shimuzu S,Berns MW

更新日期：1996-01-01 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 OBJECTIVE:Recent studies have sought to utilize diode laser "micropulsing" in order to preserve therapeutic efficacy of retinal photocoagulation while minimizing pain and subjacent tissue injury. A model for the transient thermal tissue response to continuous and micropulsed diode laser output is present...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Berger JW

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the first use of lasers in ophthalmology in the early 1960s, applications for the medical laser have been found in many medical specialties. Despite their increasing usefulness, lasers have been reported to induce injuries. Few studies have tried to quantify the number of injuries caused by the clinical use of l...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Rodriguez JG,Sattin RW

更新日期：1987-01-01 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:Low-intensity laser irradiation is claimed to enhance wound healing. Healing after myocardial infarction results in ventricular enlargement and wall thinning. If laser treatment accelerated cardiac healing, we speculated that ventricular remodeling would be attenuated. STUDY DESIGN/MATERIALS A...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Whittaker P,Patterson MJ

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ablative lasers (CO2 and Er:YAG) provide the greatest improvement in photoaging, but significant adverse effects limit their use. Nonablative lasers have reduced adverse effects, but limited efficacy. Fractional photothermolysis (FP) produces arrays of microscopic thermal wounds called microscopic treatment zones (MTZ...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Geronemus RG

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Port-wine stain (PWS) is a congenital, progressive vascular malformation of the dermis. The use of optical coherence tomography (OCT) for the characterization of blood vessels in PWS skin has been demonstrated by several groups. In the past few years, advances in OCT technology have greatly in...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Liu G,Jia W,Nelson JS,Chen Z

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:The main factors in photodynamic therapy (PDT) are: photosensitizer retention, photon absorption, and oxygen supply. Each factor has its unique set of problems that poses limitation to the treatment. Both light delivery and oxygen supply are significant bottlenecks in PDT. Vascular closure duri...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Yang L,Wei Y,Xing D,Chen Q

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Currently there is no safe, effective, and rapid means to eliminate the pain associated with a needle insertion through the skin. It is hypothesized that ablation of the stratum corneum layer using a low energy Erbium(Er):YAG laser would allow rapid local anesthesia from a lidocaine product. ...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Shapiro H,Harris L,Hetzel FW,Bar-Or D

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current laser dentistry since our initial studies in 1964 is reviewed. Three areas are considered: routine dental office practice, tooth restoration, and oral surgery. For tooth restoration and oral surgery, CO2 and neodymium:YAG lasers are used and lasers are used in photodynamic therapy for oral cancer. Dental offic...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Goldman L,Goldman B,Van Lieu N

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven cases of cerebral tumors (four deep-seated sovratentorial gliomas located in motor area, occipital region, parietal region and frontal region; one deep-seated cystic cerebellar spongioblastoma; one sphenoidal wing meningioma, and one spinal cord intradural tumor) were simultaneously irradiated in the same area w...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Fasano VA,Benech F,Ponzio RM

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the potentials of a 1310-nm optical coherence tomography (OCT) system to penetrate the highly backscattering sclera in enucleated human eyes and provide visualization of intraocular structures by transscleral imaging. STUDY DESIGN/MATERIALS AND METHODS:OCT-images were generated by ...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Hoerauf H,Winkler J,Scholz C,Wirbelauer C,Gordes RS,Koch P,Engelhardt R,Laqua H,Birngruber R

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of lasers as surgical tools may open up new possibilities for the treatment of atherosclerotic occlusive vascular disease. However, basic information regarding the effect of laser radiation to the lumen of normal blood vessels is needed prior to clinical application. This work investigates the nature of the CO...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Treat MR,Weld FM,White JV,Forde KA,Fenoglio JJ,L'Esperance F,Voorhees AB

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

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 OBJECTIVES:The sanitation of the root canal system and the adjacent dentin has always been a key requirement for successful endodontics. In recent years, various laser systems have provided a major contribution to this aim, namely the Nd:YAG-, the 810 nm Diode-, the Er:YAG-, and the Er,Cr:YSGG laser. Num...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Schoop U,Kluger W,Dervisbegovic S,Goharkhay K,Wernisch J,Georgopoulos A,Sperr W,Moritz A

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fourth harmonic wavelength (266 nm) of a neodymium YAG laser was used to cut precise grooves on the surface of the human cornea. Well-controlled cuts were made using the laser operating at 1.3 kHz. The width of the grooves was 2-3 micron. The depth could be controlled by varying the amount of laser exposure. ...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Berns MW,Gaster RN

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Noninvasive bipolar and monopolar radiofrequency (RF) deep dermal heating devices have previously been described. A novel minimally invasive RF device employing a bipolar microneedle electrode system is introduced and its resultant thermal effects on human skin in vivo were characterized for t...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Hantash BM,Renton B,Berkowitz RL,Stridde BC,Newman J

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Hyperhidrosis is a condition that affects a large percentage of the population and has a significant impact on peoples' lives. This report presents a technical overview of a new noninvasive, microwave-based device for creating thermolysis of sweat glands. The fundamental principles of operatio...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Johnson JE,O'Shaughnessy KF,Kim S

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Despite the successful application of laser in animal experiments and clinics, the adjustment of laser parameters during surgery is still unclear. This study aimed to investigate the effect of different 980-nm diode laser parameters in hepatectomy. This could provide a clear protocol for using ...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Ma T,Chai YC,Zhu HY,Chen H,Wang Y,Li QS,Pang LH,Wu RQ,Lv Y,Dong DH

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe our experience and the problems we encountered organizing an autonomous surgical unit in which the equipment and organization enable three lasers to be used in may different applications in medicine and surgery. The three lasers--CO2, Nd:YAG, and argon--may now be used by all the departments concerned with...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Chavoin JP,Costagliola M,Laffitte F,Vachaud M

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:This study was conducted to clarify the morphologic characteristics and subsequent repair process of coagulation necrosis produced by pulsed CO(2) laser irradiation with relatively low fluence, and thereby to evaluate the clinical efficacy of this irradiation mode. STUDY DESIGN/MATERIALS AND ...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Yamasaki A,Tamamura K,Sakurai Y,Okuyama N,Yusa J,Ito H

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Acne scarring is a common complication of acne but no effective single treatment modality has been developed. To compare the efficacy of 1,550 nm Er:Glass fractional laser and chemical reconstruction of skin scar (CROSS) method in the treatment of acne scars. STUDY DESIGN/MATERIALS AND METHODS...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Kim HJ,Kim TG,Kwon YS,Park JM,Lee JH

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:To evaluate safety and efficacy of treatment with the picosecond Nd:YAG 532 nm for lentigines in Asian skin. STUDY DESIGN/MATERIALS AND METHODS:This was a prospective, open-label cohort study, using a novel picosecond 532-nm laser for the treatment of facial lentigines. Subjects received up to...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Chan MWM,Shek SY,Yeung CK,Chan HH

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the use of a pulsed argon laser to perform iridotomies in 87 patients. Diagnosis include: primary angle closure glaucoma, narrow angle in the fellow eye of patients with primary angle glaucoma, pupillary block, and after incomplete surgical iridectomies. Laser iridotomy was achieved in 79% of pati...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Schwartz LW,Spaeth GL

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) is a hereditary condition that is associated with arteriovenous malformations. A common site for these malformations is the nasal mucosa, which is associated with severe epistaxis and debilitation for affected patients. We evaluated the efficacy and ...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Bertlich M,Kashani F,Weiss BG,Wiebringhaus R,Ihler F,Freytag S,Gires O,Kühnel T,Haubner F

更新日期：2020-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Facial teleangectasias can be a relevant cosmetic problem, which the patient usually hides with a thick layer of makeup. This study will describe the response on these vascular lesions using the intense pulsed light (IPL) source. METHODS:Five hundred eighteen consecutive patients were treated...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Clementoni MT,Gilardino P,Muti GF,Signorini M,Pistorale A,Morselli PG,Cavina C

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM) is a developing approach for noninvasive detection of oral lesions with label-free contrast and cellular-level resolution. For access into the oral cavity, confocal microscopes are being configured with small-diameter telescopic probes and small objective lenses. However...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Peterson G,Zanoni DK,Ardigo M,Migliacci JC,Patel SG,Rajadhyaksha M

更新日期：2019-05-08 00:00:00