The Nd:YAG laser in neurological surgery.
The Nd:YAG laser has been applied in microneuro-surgery and has been found to be quite effective in removing had and hemorrhagic tumors such as meningiomas, tumors of the deep skull base, or tumors deep in the ventricle. Another indication for the use of the Nd:YAG laser is to open the thick sellar floor in transsphenoidal operations.
D000236:Adenoma / Q000601:surgery; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000601:surgery; D002551:Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D007834:Lasers / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D008579:Meningioma / Q000601:surgery; D009464:Neuroma, Acoustic / Q000601:surgery; D009837:Oligodendroglioma / Q000601:surgery; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery