ArticleScientific reports2024
Relevant parameters for laser surgery of soft tissue.
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.
- Diode Laser-Assisted Oral Frenectomy as a Modern Alternative: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Lasers in surgery and medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Evaluation of cutting accuracy and thermal damage in oral soft tissue using different surgical techniques.Lasers in medical science · 2025Article
- Clinical evaluation of pain perception and surgical wound healing after lower labial frenectomy with diode laser technique: pilot study.Lasers in medical science · 2025Article
- Proposed Guidelines for Reporting Parameters and Procedures of High- and Low-Level Laser Therapy in Medical Research Articles.Medical devices (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025Article
- Clinical characteristics of patients receiving fractional laser therapy for facial scars and their association with the duration of postoperative erythema.American journal of translational research · 2025Article
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Abstract
In recent years, the laser has become an important tool in hospitals. Laser surgery in particular has many advantages. However, there is still a lack of the understanding of the influence of the relevant parameters for laser surgery. In order to fill this gap, the parameters pulse frequency, use of an exhaustion system, air cooling, laser power, laser scan speed, laser line energy and waiting time between cuts were analysed by ANOVA using inter-animal variation as a benchmark. The quality of the cuts was quantized by a previously published scoring system. A total of 1710 cuts were performed with a [Formula: see text] laser. Of the parameters investigated, laser power and scan speed have the strongest influence. Only the right combination of these two parameters allows good results. Other effects, such as the use of pulsed or continuous wave (CW) laser operation, or air cooling, show a small or negligible influence. By modulating only the laser power and scan speed, an almost perfect cut can be achieved with a [Formula: see text] laser, regardless of the external cooling used or the laser pulse duration or repetition rate from CW to nanosecond pulses.
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