ReviewAnnals of translational medicine2016
Laser applications in surgery.
Review in Annals of translational medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
37 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 118 citations in OpenAlex.
- Laser Versus Cold Steel Dissection Tonsillectomy in Recurrent Acute Tonsillitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Lasers in surgery and medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Best clinical practice recommendations for the management of symptomatic hemorrhoids via laser hemorrhoidoplasty: the LHP recommendations.Techniques in coloproctology · 2024Guideline
- Physics-informed neural networks for predicting laser-tissue interaction in maxillofacial reconstruction surgery.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- The Effect of the ErMaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Future of pilonidal cyst surgery: a comparative review of traditional and laser techniques.BMC surgery · 2025Review
- Cork-based electrochemical sensors obtained by laser-induced graphene: A green alternative for sodium nitrite detection in beverage samples.Mikrochimica acta · 2025Article
- The Key Role of Thermal Relaxation Time on the Improved Generalized Bioheat Equation: Analytical Versus Simulated Numerical Approach.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Video otoscopy-assisted Holmium: yttrium-aluminum- garnet laser excision of aural masses in four dogs.Open veterinary journal · 2025Article
- Care-associated adverse events related to the use of laser in urological interventions: the French experience.Frontiers in urology · 2025Article
- Role of Low-Level Laser Therapy in the Management of Temporomandibular Joint Arthralgia.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2024Article
- Recent updates in laryngeal hemangioma management: a scoping review.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2024Article
- Comparative efficacies and safeties of cylindrical interstitial laser ablation and radiofrequency ablation on swine pancreas.Lasers in medical science · 2024Article
- Enhanced Therapeutic Efficacy of Gold Nanoparticle-Enhanced Laser Therapy for Oral Cancer: A Promising Photothermal Approach.Journal of lasers in medical sciences · 2024Article
- Evaluating the efficacy of Nd:YAG fourth harmonic (266 nm) in comparison with ArF excimer (193 nm) in laser corneal reshaping: ex vivo pilot study.International ophthalmology · 2023Article
- A Comparative Study of Mucosal Wound Healing after Excision with a Scalpel, Diode Laser, or COPlastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2023Article
- Visible Pulsed Laser-Assisted Selective Killing of Cancer Cells with PVP-Capped Plasmonic Gold Nanostars.Micromachines · 2023Article
- Laser ablation: a unique and beneficial therapeutic option for pilonidal sinus? And the potential for further innovation-a review.Lasers in medical science · 2023Review
- First experiences with a diode laser in major gynecological laparoscopic procedures show lack of benefit and impaired feasibility.Lasers in medical science · 2023Article
- Different Effects of Low-Level Laser Therapy on the Proliferation of HT29 Cells in Culture and Xenograft Models.Journal of lasers in medical sciences · 2023Article
- Surgical laser therapy for cryptoglandular anal fistula: Protocol of a systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2023Article
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Abstract
In modern medicine, lasers are increasingly utilized for treatment of a variety of pathologies as interest in less invasive treatment modalities intensifies. The physics behind lasers allows the same basic principles to be applied to a multitude of tissue types using slight modifications of the system. Multiple laser systems have been studied within each field of medicine. The term "laser" was combined with "surgery," "ablation," "lithotripsy," "cancer treatment," "tumor ablation," "dermatology," "skin rejuvenation," "lipolysis," "cardiology," "atrial fibrillation (AF)," and "epilepsy" during separate searches in the PubMed database. Original articles that studied the application of laser energy for these conditions were reviewed and included. A review of laser therapy is presented. Laser energy can be safely and effectively used for lithotripsy, for the treatment of various types of cancer, for a multitude of cosmetic and reconstructive procedures, and for the ablation of abnormal conductive pathways. For each of these conditions, management with lasers is comparable to, and potentially superior to, management with more traditional methods.
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