title: [Laser use in the uterine cervix. CO2 or KTP laser].
abstract: 86 patients with cervical neoplasia were treated by conization. The KTP/532-laser was used in 52 cases (group 1) and the conization was performed with a carbon dioxide laser in 34 other cases (group 2). The operation took approximately 30.5 min in the KTP group and 13.5 min in the carbon dioxide group. Complications occurred in 2 cases of the KTP-laser treated patients. In group 2 no complication were observed. The time of hospitalisation was 5 days. The thermal damage of the cut-edge came up to 1 mm (group 1) and 0.1 mm (group 2), respectively. In 4 cases the histological examination was negatively effected by the heat of the KTP laser. In group 2 no affects were observed. The advantage of the KTP-laser is its styptic effect whereas the CO2-laser is better for an histological examination.
authors.affiliation: Universitätfrauenklinik, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Blümel
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nieder
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Stefanovic
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Weise
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000473:pathology; D019092:Conization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000473:pathology; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology
vernacular_title: Lasereinsatz an der Cervix uteri. CO2-oder KTP-Laser.