title: [Neurosurgery with a CO2 laser. Evaluation of 61 operations].
abstract: The authors present the results of their over two years experience with CO2 Laser neurosurgical unit. They explicit the indications and the technical data followed during intra-cranial (N = 44), intra-spinal (N = 12) and intra-orbital (N = 5) procedures. Meningiomas, neurinomas and adenomas are the best indications for tumoral CO2 Laser neurosurgery. In other respects sterilization and cranialization of aeric sinuses are simplified by the use of CO2 Laser: it assures vaporization of the mucosa and carbonization of the walls more easily than an electric coagulator. At last the use of CO2 Laser for dissection and removal of intra-orbital tumors is quite demonstrative. Thus owing to its physical and thermical qualities CO2 Laser is often a very useful, sometimes irreplaceable, apparatus: provided that its indications are precise and rigorous.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D002648:Child; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000601:surgery; D009423:Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide
vernacular_title: Neurochirurgie au laser CO2. Bilan de 61 interventions.