CO2 laser for the treatment of invasive vulvar and vaginal cancer.
In a material of 21 patients including 7 primary and 6 recurrent vulvar carcinomas, 5 vaginal carcinomas, 1 urethral carcinoma and 2 preinvasive vulvar carcinomas operation was performed with a CO2-laser scalpel. In 9 radical and 3 partial vulvectomies no primary closing of the wounds was performed. In the remaining primary closing was performed. The operative bleeding and healing process with laser scalpel and electrosurgical scalpel using open wound technique were about the same. The surgical time was longer with the laser technique but the operative specimens were better preserved. Healing of the primary closed wounds were uncomplicated.
D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D014625:Vaginal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D014846:Vulvar Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D014945:Wound Healing
D002245:Carbon Dioxide