Clinical experience of the CO₂ laser in lesion of the tongue

Abstract

The CO₂ laser was used for the vaporization in seven cases of tongue lesions.
The result was very successful without excess bleeding under operation and no postoperative deformity of the tissue.
Though the postoperative pain associated with this procedure using laser was generally known to be slight, most patients in our reseach complained of not slight but moderate pain. Even severe neuralgic pain was manifested in one case.
Secondary tumor formation was also observed in one case.