Laser medicine

CW rhodamine dye laser emitting near 590 nm, one typically used in early medical laser systems.

Laser radiation being delivered, via a fiber, for photodynamic therapy to treat cancer.

A 40 watt CO₂ laser with applications in ENT, gynecology, dermatology, oral surgery, and podiatry

Laser medicine consists in the use of lasers in medical diagnosis, treatments, or therapies, such as laser photodynamic therapy,^[1] photorejuvenation, and laser surgery.

Lasers[]

Lasers used in medicine include in principle any type of laser, but especially:

CO₂ lasers,^[2] used to cut, vaporize, ablate and photo-coagulate soft tissue.^[3]
diode lasers^[4]
dye lasers^[1]^[5]
excimer lasers
fiber lasers^[6]
gas lasers
free electron lasers
semiconductor diode lasers^[7]

Applications in medicine[]

Examples of procedures, practices, devices, and specialties where lasers are utilized include:

angioplasty^[5]
cancer diagnosis^[7]^[8]
cancer treatment^[9]
Dentistry
cosmetic dermatology such as scar revision, skin resurfacing, laser hair removal, tattoo removal^[5]
dermatology,^[5] to treat melanoma
frenectomy
lithotripsy^[5]
laser mammography^[10]
medical imaging^[10]
microscopy^[11]^[12]
ophthalmology (includes Lasik and laser photocoagulation)
optical coherence tomography^[6]
optogenetics^[13]
prostatectomy
plastic surgery, in laser liposuction,^[14] and in treatment of skin lesions (congenital and acquired) and in scar management (burns and surgical scars)
surgery,^[6]^[15] to cut, ablate, and cauterize tissue

References[]

^ ^a ^b Duarte F. J.; Hillman, L.W. (1990). Dye Laser Principles, with Applications. Boston: Academic Press. ISBN 0-12-222700-X.
^ Polanyi, T.G. (1970). "A CO₂ Laser for Surgical Research". Medical & Biological Engineering. 8 (6): 541–548. doi:10.1007/bf02478228. PMID 5509040. S2CID 40078928.
^ "Soft-Tissue Laser Surgery - CO2 Surgical Laser - LightScalpel". LightScalpel. Retrieved 2016-04-04.
^ Loevschall, Henrik (1994). "Effect of low level diode laser irradiation of human oral mucosa fibroblasts in vitro". Lasers in Surgery and Medicine. 14 (4): 347–354. doi:10.1002/lsm.1900140407. PMID 8078384. S2CID 11569698.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Costela A, Garcia-Moreno I, Gomez C (2016). "Medical Applications of Organic Dye Lasers". In Duarte FJ (ed.). Tunable Laser Applications (3rd ed.). Boca Raton: CRC Press. pp. 293–313. ISBN 9781482261066.
^ ^a ^b ^c Popov S (2016). "Fiber Laser Overview and Medical Applications". In Duarte FJ (ed.). Tunable Laser Applications (3rd ed.). Boca Raton: CRC Press. pp. 263–292. ISBN 9781482261066.
^ ^a ^b Duarte FJ (2016). "Broadly Tunable External-Cavity Semiconductor Lasers". In Duarte FJ (ed.). Tunable Laser Applications (3rd ed.). Boca Raton: CRC Press. pp. 203–241. ISBN 9781482261066.
^ Duarte, Francisco Javier (Sep 28, 1988), Two-laser therapy and diagnosis device, EP0284330A1, retrieved 2016-04-18
^ Goldman L (1990). "Dye Lasers in Medicine". In Duarte FJ; Hillman LM (eds.). Dye Laser Principles. Boston: Academic Press. pp. 419–32. ISBN 0-12-222700-X.
^ ^a ^b Carroll FE (2008). "Pulsed, Tunable, Monochromatic X-rays: Medical and Non-Medical Applications". In Duarte FJ (ed.). Tunable Laser Applications (2nd ed.). Boca Raton: CRC Press. pp. 281–310. ISBN 978-1-4200-6009-6.
^ Orr BJ; Haub J G; He Y; White RT (2016). "Spectroscopic Applications of Pulsed Tunable Optical Parametric Oscillators". In Duarte FJ (ed.). Tunable Laser Applications (3rd ed.). Boca Raton: CRC Press. pp. 17–142. ISBN 9781482261066.
^ Thomas JL, Rudolph W (2008). "Biological Microscopy with Ultrashort Laser Pulses". In Duarte FJ (ed.). Tunable Laser Applications (2nd ed.). Boca Raton: CRC Press. pp. 245–80. ISBN 978-1-4200-6009-6.
^ Penzkofer A; Hegemann P; Kateriya S (2018). "Organic dyes in optogenetics". In Duarte FJ (ed.). Organic Lasers and Organic Photonics. London: Institute of Physics. pp. 13–1 to 13–114. ISBN 978-0-7503-1570-8.
^ Przylipiak AF, Galicka E, Donejko M, Niczyporuk M, Przylipiak J (Oct 2013). "A comparative study of internal laser-assisted and conventional liposuction: a look at the influence of drugs and major surgery on laboratory postoperative values". Drug Design, Development and Therapy. 7: 1195–200. doi:10.2147/DDDT.S50828. PMC 3798112. PMID 24143076.
^ Jelinkova H, ed. (2013). Lasers for Medical Applications: Diagnostics, Therapy, and Surgery. Oxford: Woodhead. ISBN 978-0-85709-237-3.

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[dlp-1] Duarte F. J.; Hillman, L.W. (1990). Dye Laser Principles, with Applications. Boston: Academic Press. ISBN 0-12-222700-X.

[2] Polanyi, T.G. (1970). "A CO₂ Laser for Surgical Research". Medical & Biological Engineering. 8 (6): 541–548. doi:10.1007/bf02478228. PMID 5509040. S2CID 40078928.

[3] "Soft-Tissue Laser Surgery - CO2 Surgical Laser - LightScalpel". LightScalpel. Retrieved 2016-04-04.

[4] Loevschall, Henrik (1994). "Effect of low level diode laser irradiation of human oral mucosa fibroblasts in vitro". Lasers in Surgery and Medicine. 14 (4): 347–354. doi:10.1002/lsm.1900140407. PMID 8078384. S2CID 11569698.

[Duarte8-5] Costela A, Garcia-Moreno I, Gomez C (2016). "Medical Applications of Organic Dye Lasers". In Duarte FJ (ed.). Tunable Laser Applications (3rd ed.). Boca Raton: CRC Press. pp. 293–313. ISBN 9781482261066.

[Duarte7-6] Popov S (2016). "Fiber Laser Overview and Medical Applications". In Duarte FJ (ed.). Tunable Laser Applications (3rd ed.). Boca Raton: CRC Press. pp. 263–292. ISBN 9781482261066.

[Duarte5-7] Duarte FJ (2016). "Broadly Tunable External-Cavity Semiconductor Lasers". In Duarte FJ (ed.). Tunable Laser Applications (3rd ed.). Boca Raton: CRC Press. pp. 203–241. ISBN 9781482261066.

[8] Duarte, Francisco Javier (Sep 28, 1988), Two-laser therapy and diagnosis device, EP0284330A1, retrieved 2016-04-18

[9] Goldman L (1990). "Dye Lasers in Medicine". In Duarte FJ; Hillman LM (eds.). Dye Laser Principles. Boston: Academic Press. pp. 419–32. ISBN 0-12-222700-X.

[Duarte10-10] Carroll FE (2008). "Pulsed, Tunable, Monochromatic X-rays: Medical and Non-Medical Applications". In Duarte FJ (ed.). Tunable Laser Applications (2nd ed.). Boca Raton: CRC Press. pp. 281–310. ISBN 978-1-4200-6009-6.

[Duarte2-11] Orr BJ; Haub J G; He Y; White RT (2016). "Spectroscopic Applications of Pulsed Tunable Optical Parametric Oscillators". In Duarte FJ (ed.). Tunable Laser Applications (3rd ed.). Boca Raton: CRC Press. pp. 17–142. ISBN 9781482261066.

[Duarte9-12] Thomas JL, Rudolph W (2008). "Biological Microscopy with Ultrashort Laser Pulses". In Duarte FJ (ed.). Tunable Laser Applications (2nd ed.). Boca Raton: CRC Press. pp. 245–80. ISBN 978-1-4200-6009-6.

[13] Penzkofer A; Hegemann P; Kateriya S (2018). "Organic dyes in optogenetics". In Duarte FJ (ed.). Organic Lasers and Organic Photonics. London: Institute of Physics. pp. 13–1 to 13–114. ISBN 978-0-7503-1570-8.

[14] Przylipiak AF, Galicka E, Donejko M, Niczyporuk M, Przylipiak J (Oct 2013). "A comparative study of internal laser-assisted and conventional liposuction: a look at the influence of drugs and major surgery on laboratory postoperative values". Drug Design, Development and Therapy. 7: 1195–200. doi:10.2147/DDDT.S50828. PMC 3798112. PMID 24143076.

[15] Jelinkova H, ed. (2013). Lasers for Medical Applications: Diagnostics, Therapy, and Surgery. Oxford: Woodhead. ISBN 978-0-85709-237-3.

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