Physical and surgical principles of laser surgery in the lower genital tract.
This article discusses the correct physical principles and strategies necessary to produce successful results with the CO2 laser. When the correct techniques are applied, CO2 laser treatment of HPV-associated disease within the male or female genital tract carries a primary success rate of 85% to 95%. Unless correct techniques are applied, laser surgery carries a risk of unintended thermal injury.
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan.
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