Unique clinical niches for the Er:YAG laser

Author

Cozean, C.

Author_Institution

Premier Laser Syst., Irvine, CA, USA

fYear

1993

fDate

15-18 Nov 1993

Firstpage

223

Abstract

Summary form only given. This presentation focuses on some of the unique aspects of Premier´s research and clinical trials with erbium:YAG lasers including: ophthalmology-anterior capsulotomy, phacoemulsification, sclerostomy and refractive; dentistry-prevention of cavities, periodontal surgery and hard tissue; orthopedics-bone recontouring; neurosurgery and other specialities; fiberoptic delivery systems, angled probes and specialized tips which allow the laser to interact with tissue by multiple mechanisms (e.g. acoustic, thermal, optical, plasma) are presented with scientific studies demonstrating these various effects

Keywords

erbium; eye; laser applications in medicine; optical fibres; radiation therapy; solid lasers; surgery; Er:YAG laser; YAG:Er; YAl5O12:Er; acoustic mechanism; angled probes; anterior capsulotomy; bone recontouring; cavity prevention; clinical niches; dentistry; fiberoptic delivery systems; hard tissue; neurosurgery; ophthalmology; optical mechanism; orthopedics; periodontal surgery; phacoemulsification; plasma mechanism; refractive; research trials; sclerostomy; specialized tips; thermal mechanism; Acoustic refraction; Biomedical optical imaging; Clinical trials; Dentistry; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Laser surgery; Neurosurgery; Optical refraction; Orthopedic surgery; Probes;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1993. LEOS '93 Conference Proceedings. IEEE

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1263-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1993.379060

Filename

379060