Cutaneous applications of lasers.
The cutaneous application of lasers today includes more selective and less damaging devices. Carbon dioxide, neodymium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet, potassium titanyl phosphate, argon, and yellow lasers are most prevalent in treating cutaneous lesions. Specific techniques in skin resurfacing, keloid excision, rhinophyma, actinic cheilitis ablation, and excision of superficial cutaneous tumors are discussed. Proper management of cutaneous vascular lesions is also presented.
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Department of Otolaryngology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-2559, USA.
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D000538:Aluminum Silicates; D001128:Argon; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D002613:Cheilitis / Q000601:surgery; D003869:Dermabrasion; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D007627:Keloid / Q000601:surgery; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D007834:Lasers; D009354:Neodymium; D010710:Phosphates; D012224:Rhinophyma / Q000601:surgery; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D017445:Skin Diseases, Vascular / Q000601:surgery; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D014025:Titanium; D015019:Yttrium
D000538:Aluminum Silicates; D010710:Phosphates; C064806:potassium titanylphosphate; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D009354:Neodymium; D015019:Yttrium; D001128:Argon; D014025:Titanium