Laser medicine

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

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

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

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". Med. & Biol. Engng. 8: 541–548. doi:10.1007/bf02478228.
"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.
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.
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.
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.
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 1-4200-6009-0.
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 1-4200-6009-0.
Penzkofer A, Hegemann P, Kateriya S (2018). "Organic dyes in optogenetics". In Duarte FJ (eds.). Organic Lasers and Organic Photonics. London: Institute of Physics. pp. 13–1 to 13–114. ISBN 978-0-7503-1570-8.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: uses editors parameter (link)
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 Des Devel Ther. 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". Med. & Biol. Engng. 8: 541–548. doi:10.1007/bf02478228.

[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.

[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 1-4200-6009-0.

[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 1-4200-6009-0.

[13] Penzkofer A, Hegemann P, Kateriya S (2018). "Organic dyes in optogenetics". In Duarte FJ (eds.). Organic Lasers and Organic Photonics. London: Institute of Physics. pp. 13–1 to 13–114. ISBN 978-0-7503-1570-8.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: uses editors parameter (link)

[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 Des Devel Ther. 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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