Genitourinary reconstructive surgery utilizing laser tissue welding.
Laser tissue welding contributes several distinct advantages over current tissue approximation methods in the genitourinary tract. Low level laser energy combined with a protein solder can provide an immediate watertight seal that is supraphysiologic, nonlithogenic, rapid, and reliable. This review highlights the history of laser tissue welding, its applications to urologic surgery, recent developments to improve the technique, and future directions.
Uzzo
R G
RG
Department of Urology, James Buchanan Brady Foundation, New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York, USA.
Lemack
G E
GE
Poppas
D P
DP
D000818:Animals; D055592:Biophysical Phenomena; D001703:Biophysics; D004396:Coloring Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D052776:Female Urogenital Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D017075:Laser Coagulation / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D052801:Male Urogenital Diseases; D011506:Proteins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013696:Temperature; D014014:Tissue Adhesives / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014570:Urologic Diseases / Q000601:surgery
D004396:Coloring Agents; D011506:Proteins; D014014:Tissue Adhesives