Does a pulsed mode offer advantages over a continuous wave mode for excisional biopsies performed using a carbon dioxide laser?

Valerie G A Suter; Hans Jörg Altermatt; Thomas Dietrich; Peter A Reichart; Michael M Bornstein

doi:10.1016/j.joms.2012.01.023

Does a pulsed mode offer advantages over a continuous wave mode for excisional biopsies performed using a carbon dioxide laser?

Valerie G A Suter, Hans Jörg Altermatt, Thomas Dietrich, Peter A Reichart, Michael M Bornstein

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Abstract

Animal studies of excisional biopsies have shown less thermal damage when a carbon dioxide (CO(2)) laser (10.6 μm) is used in a char-free (CF) mode than in a continuous-wave (CW) mode. The authors' aim was to evaluate and compare clinical and histopathologic findings of excisional biopsies performed with CW and CF CO(2) laser (10.6 μm) modes.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1781-8
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume	70
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joms.2012.01.023
Publication status	Published - Aug 2012

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