REVIEW OF THE BIOSTIMULATION SESSION OF THE 11th MEETING OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR LASER MEDICINE AND SURGERY (ASLMS)

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San Diego was once again the site for the 11th meeting of the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery (ASLMS), the 10th anniversary meeting of this association. It was held in the Sheraton Harbor Iland, San Diego. California, form April 29th to May 1st 1991. inclusive. The reviewer has been at every one of these except the first meeting in 1911, and it is very interesting to review the programmes over the past 10 meetings That he has attended. Especially as far as the gradual separation of photobioactivation studies and clinical laser therapy papers into their own category of ‘biostimulation’, This year, the Biostimulation Session Programme Chairperson was Dr Juanita J. Anders. , of the Uniformed University of the Health Science, Bethesda. Maryland, Dr Anders has produced a number of excellent studies which by and large show a significant LLLT effect on nerve and related structures compared with controls. Thirteen papers were scheduled for presentation during this session, extended at Dr Anders' request to allow a fuller representation of what is happening in the LLLT world; unfortunately the Russian group (Vestibulo-dependence tachyarrhythmias, and treatment results using HeNe laser: V. Zalessy. I. Michalkin and V. Bobrov) and the Argentinian group (Blockade of inflammatory signals by laser radiation: J. Palma. H. Juri, V. Camapna et al.) were ‘no-shows ’. However this did mean that there was in fact mere time at Dr Anders' disposal to allow for more detailed discussion after the papers, and for an unscheduled free forum at the end of the session.