title: Experience with a "continuous" laser in the treatment of suitable cutaneous conditions: preliminary report.
abstract: A clinical trial with a "continuous" CO2 laser in the treatment of cutaneous lesions was instituted 2 1/2 years ago. The laser was used as a "light" knife for excision and for gross destruction of some lesions directly. Details of technique and a preliminary report assessing clinical results and general effects are given. Some results thus far have proved satisfactory, and we feel that further investigation of the laser as a surgical modality is warranted.
mesh_terms: D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D006085:Graft Survival; D006488:Hemostasis, Surgical; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D010149:Postoperative Pain; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D014945:Wound Healing
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide