1986 Volume 1986 Issue Supplement3 Pages 1-9
The contact Nd-YAG laser system with the ceramics rods that were developed by us was applied to 28 patients undergoing had and neck surgery.
The technique could be performed at 8 to 9 watts for contact laser incision of the soft tissue and at 3 to 4 watts for the localized hyperthermia. Accurate incisions could be made without mis-shot of the laser irradiation to the target soft tissue. In addition, the technique caused only slight bleeding with minimal damage to adjacent tissue, and only slight edema and pain.
Proliferation of granulation tiss ueor scar formation was not observed.
On the basis of the results obtained, contact Nd-YAG laser surgery is a clinically beneficial modality for head and neck tumor surgery.
