Progressive ascending telangiectasia treated with the 585 nm flashlamp-pumped pulsed dye laser.

abstract：:Intestinal welding by means of low-power laser has been reported as an efficient method for intestinal anastomosis. We designed an experimental model in rats to investigate collagen and DNA concentrations in CO2 laser-welded anastomoses as compared with those in sutured anastomoses on the 4th, 7th, and 10th postoperat...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Rabau MY,Wasserman I,Shoshan S

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:In recent years, selective photothermolysis (PT) based on broadband light and assisted by skin vacuum (Photopneumatic Technology or PPx, by Aesthera) was introduced into the aesthetic market for epilation (hair removal) procedures. The present study aims to: (a) determine the overall effect of ...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Sun F,Chaney A,Anderson R,Aguilar G

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Pyropheophorbide-a-hexyl ether (HPPH) is a new compound being investigated for use as a photosensitizer for photodynamic therapy; however, the pharmacokinetics are not known for any of the target species likely to be treated with this drug. The objective of this study was to determine the phar...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Payne JT,McCaw DL,Casteel SW,Frazier D,Rogers K,Tompson RV

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the intense pulsed light source (IPL) and the Nd:YAG laser in the treatment of facial rhytids. Both systems can be used in a non-ablative manner and cause a dermal wound. This is thought to stimulate the production of new collagen...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Goldberg DJ,Samady JA

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:To investigate the morphology of cementum and root dentin after Er:YAG laser irradiation with and without water coolant, compared to that after CO(2) laser irradiation and an untreated surface. STUDY DESIGN/MATERIALS AND METHODS:Ten extracted healthy human teeth were used. Er:YAG and CO(2) la...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Sasaki KM,Aoki A,Ichinose S,Ishikawa I

更新日期：2002-01-01 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：:This study examined both the effect of variations in optical fiber tip and in light wavelength on laser-induced hyperthermia in rat brain. Normal rat brains were exposed to argon laser light (454-514.5 nm) delivered through an intracerebral end-emitting (bare-tipped) or a diffusion-emitting (sapphire-tipped) optical f...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Elias Z,Powers SK,Atstupenas E,Brown JT

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Helicobacter pylori (HP) is an endemic pathogenic bacterium causing gastritis and gastroduodenal ulceration in humans and is linked to the development of gastric malignancies. These first human in vivo studies investigated the photoeradication of HP using laser and white light. STUDY DESIGN/M...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Wilder-Smith CH,Wilder-Smith P,Grosjean P,van den Bergh H,Woodtli A,Monnier P,Dorta G,Meister F,Wagnières G

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using an optically shielded fiber optic laser catheter, the amount of gas produced when firing an argon ion laser into 0.9% saline solution or blood alone and into atheromatous aorta in either a blood or 0.9% saline medium was quantitated. Energies from 0.25 to 4 joules (J) were used at powers of 2, 5, and 8 W. We fou...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Davis GS,Bott-Silverman C,Goormastic M,Gerrity RG,Kittrell C,Feld M,Kramer JR

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The feasibility of using a pulsed dye laser in angioplasty for detection and disintegration of calcified plaques was studied in vitro. A flashlamp-pumped dye laser (495 nm, 2 microseconds) was used as the exciting source for laser-induced-fluorescence (LIF) signals. Spectral data in the 520 nm to 800 nm region of norm...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Scheu M,Kagel H,Zwaan M,Lebeau A,Engelhardt R

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to determine the optimal laser power (watts) for maximal strength of argon laser vascular fusions by measuring bursting pressures of repairs. Longitudinal incisions (n = 105) measuring either 2.5 or 5 mm in length were performed in canine femoral, carotid, and jugular veins and arteries and wer...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Vlasak JW,Kopchok GE,Fujitani RM,White RA

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The treatment of acne scars with fractional CO(2) lasers is gaining increasing impact, but has so far not been compared side-by-side to untreated control skin. OBJECTIVE:In a randomized controlled study to examine efficacy and adverse effects of fractional CO(2) laser resurfacing for atrophic acne scars com...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Hedelund L,Haak CS,Togsverd-Bo K,Bogh MK,Bjerring P,Haedersdal M

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous reports of effects of CO2 laser energy on human fibrocartilage suggest thermal injury extends to a depth of approximately 70 microns from the target surface with power settings of 35 W and exposure times of 0.5 seconds. The present study was undertaken to look for more subtle evidence of thermal alteration of...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Whipple TL,Marotta JJ,May TC,Caspari RB,Meyers JF

更新日期：1987-01-01 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 OBJECTIVE:Oral mucositis is a dose-limiting and painful side effect of radiotherapy (RT) and/or chemotherapy in cancer patients. The purpose of the present study was to analyze the effect of different protocols of laser phototherapy (LPT) on the grade of mucositis and degree of pain in patients under RT....

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Simões A,Eduardo FP,Luiz AC,Campos L,Sá PH,Cristófaro M,Marques MM,Eduardo CP

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Nanotechnology may increase the speed of penetration into the skin. This study evaluated the efficacy, safety, and pharmacokinetics of a novel topical anesthetic nanocapsule formulation (2 g) containing 2.5% lidocaine and 2.5% prilocaine (nanorap-test formulation) compared to placebo (control ...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Gobbato C,Gobbato A,Magalhães TB,Mendes GD,Ilha JO,Moreno RA,Antunes NJ,De Nucci G

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A synthetic contact sapphire endoprobe attached to the quartz fiber of a neodymium:yttrium aluminum garnet (Nd:YAG) laser had been used in the transurethral treatment of bladder tumors. A total of 68 operations have been carried out in 48 patients. The contact probe was placed directly into the tumor under direct visi...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Washida H,Watanabe H,Sakagami H,Sasaki S,Daikuzono N

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Linear birefringence is an anisotropic property of rat tail tendon, which is largely composed of collagen. Our goal is to show that the dynamic range and sensitivity of the linear birefringence loss of collagen during heating are sufficient for kinetic modeling of the reaction. STUDY DESIGN, M...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Maitland DJ,Walsh JT Jr

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Wound-healing delays caused by lateral thermal damage to tissue remain a drawback of CO(2) surgical lasers. This study compares the thermal damage and wound-healing properties of a 7.5-micros pulsed CO(2) laser with scalpel and continuous wave (CW) CO(2) laser incisions. STUDY DESIGN/MATERIALS...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Sanders DL,Reinisch L

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To differentiate the contributing factors (blood or encapsulated dye) leading to the release of encapsulated dyes from liposomes after laser exposure, we initiated an in vitro experimental study. The release of encapsulated calcein was quantified under various experimental conditions in whole blood and in buffered sol...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Khoobehi B,Char CA,Peyman GA,Schuele KM

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is an indolent form of skin cancer that is rarely life threatening, but can cause significant cosmetic and functional morbidity. Surgical treatments often result in disfiguring scars, while topical therapies frequently result in recurrence. The need for a more effecti...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Ortiz AE,Anderson RR,DiGiorgio C,Jiang SIB,Shafiq F,Avram MM

更新日期：2018-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Optical energy-based devices, including intense pulsed light (IPL) and potassium titanyl phosphate (KTP) lasers achieve reduction of pigmented and vascular lesions in a relatively similar number of treatments. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of an IPL with a "KTP-like" filter emitting a ...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Friedmann DP,Peterson JD

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE To examine the biophysical effects of photothermal heating on herniated intervertebral discs during laser decompression surgery. STUDY DESIGN/MATERIALS AND METHODS:Ex vivo bovine nucleus pulposus specimens were irradiated with a Nd: YAG laser (lambda = 1.32 microm, 100 seconds expos...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Choi JY,Tanenbaum BS,Milner TE,Dao XV,Nelson JS,Sobol EN,Wong BJ

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Some oral bacteria are susceptible to killing by red light after their sensitization with toluidine blue O (TBO). The photochemotherapy of periodontal disease in vivo would require a therapeutic window where bacteria could be killed without adjacent normal tissue damage. STUDY DESIGN/MATERIALS...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Soukos NS,Wilson M,Burns T,Speight PM

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Inflammation is a well-known consequence of surgery. Although surgical debulking of tumor is beneficial to patients, the onset of inflammation in injured tissue may impede the success of adjuvant therapies. One marker for postoperative inflammation is IL-6, which is released as a consequence of surgical injur...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Davis RW 4th,Papasavvas E,Klampatsa A,Putt M,Montaner LJ,Culligan MJ,McNulty S,Friedberg JS,Simone CB 2nd,Singhal S,Albelda SM,Cengel KA,Busch TM

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients suffering from malignant gliomas have a poor prognosis. For the surgical treatment of these tumors, 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) has become a new standard. AIMS:This review intends to provide an overview over current status, significance, limitations, and future perspectives of 5-ALA based fluores...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Stepp H,Stummer W

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The author's experience in the use of the argon laser in the treatment of superficial vascular lesions in children is reviewed. Deteriorating portwine stains, strawberry hemangiomas, other hemangiomas, telangiectasias, and other lesions are discussed. Their natural histories are discussed. Details are given regarding ...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Hobby LW

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:The argon laser-assisted vascular anastomosis may solve the problems of conventional sutured anastomosis, such as vascular stenosis and arrest of growth owing to a foreign-body reaction to suture material. STUDY DESIGN/MATERIALS AND METHODS:Twelve argon laser-assisted vascular anastomoses, se...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Chikamatsu E,Sakurai T,Nishikimi N,Yano T,Nimura Y

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:In recent years, clinical low-intensity laser therapy practice has used pulsed radiation, mainly from semiconductor lasers. Experimental works devoted to the study of relationships between biological and clinical effects and parameters of pulsed radiation are practically absent. STUDY DESIGN/M...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Karu TI,Pyatibrat LV,Ryabykh TP

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:One of the methods to detect and localize tumors in tissue is to use fluorophore conjugated specific antibodies as tumor surface markers. The goals of this study are to understand and quantify the pharmacokinetics of fluorophore conjugated antibodies in the vicinity of a tumor. This study conc...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Fibich G,Hammer A,Gannot G,Gandjbakhche A,Gannot I

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00