Use of the neodymium/yttrium aluminum garnet laser in middle ear surgery: a preliminary report.
Clinical usefulness of the neodymium/yttrium aluminum garnet (Nd:YAG) laser in surgery of the middle ear is unproven. An animal study was designed to examine the influence of Nd:YAG laser irradiation on cochlear potentials following vaporization of the stapes. Electrocochleagraphic changes were observed in two of the five animals studied, and caution is advised before using this instrument in humans.
D000818:Animals; D001300:Audiometry, Evoked Response; D002415:Cats; D003055:Cochlear Microphonic Potentials; D005072:Evoked Potentials, Auditory; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008954:Models, Biological; D013201:Stapes Surgery