Resection of abdominal hollow organs by laser.
During a ten-year period 642 abdominal hollow organ resections have been performed by means of a new, original technique--that is, CO2 laser irradiation combined with specially designed instrumentation. This resulted in a remarkable decrease in postoperative morbidity and mortality. The article describes the laser procedure.
Skobelkin
O K
OK
National Centre for Laser Surgery of the USSR, Moscow.
Breckov
E I
EI
Bashilov
V P
VP
Korepanov
V I
VI
Litwin
G D
GD
Smoljaninov
M V
MV
Malyshev
B N
BN
Salyuk
V A
VA
D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D000818:Animals; D013505:Digestive System Surgical Procedures; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000401:mortality; D013528:Surgical Staplers