title: Lasers in pediatric surgery.
abstract: The use of lasers in a variety of surgical disciplines has added new dimensions to operative techniques, allowing increased precision, improved hemostasis, and less tissue injury. Although lasers offer no significant benefit over some conventional pediatric surgical techniques, there are other procedures and disease conditions in which the use of laser technology provides major advances and improves outcome. The physics of laser technology and the unique characteristics and applications of the currently available lasers are discussed along with current and future applications in pediatric surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill.
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Azizkhan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*