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Laser medicine consists in the use of lasers in medical diagnosis, treatments, or therapies, such as laser photodynamic therapy.


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Lasers

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

  • CO2 lasers, used to cut, vaporize, ablate and photo-coagulate soft tissue.
  • diode lasers
  • dye lasers
  • excimer lasers
  • fiber lasers
  • gas lasers
  • free electron lasers
  • semiconductor diode lasers

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Applications in medicine

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

  • angioplasty
  • cancer diagnosis
  • cancer treatment
  • cosmetic dermatology such as scar revision, skin resurfacing, laser hair removal, tattoo removal
  • dermatology, to treat melanoma
  • frenectomy
  • lithotripsy
  • laser mammography
  • medical imaging
  • microscopy
  • ophthalmology (includes Lasik and laser photocoagulation)
  • optical coherence tomography
  • optogenetics
  • prostatectomy
  • plastic surgery, in laser liposuction
  • surgery, to ablate and cauterize tissue

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See also

Media related to Laser medicine at Wikimedia Commons

  • Dental laser
  • Endovenous laser therapy
  • Laser-assisted new attachment procedure
  • Laser surgery
  • Light therapy
  • Low level laser therapy
  • Photodynamic therapy
  • Photomedicine

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References


Source of article : Wikipedia