title: [Application of Nd-YAG laser in surgical treatment of otosclerosis patients].
abstract: The review concerns application of impulse Nd-YAG laser (wave length 1.32 micron) in stapedial operations. Laser beam provides more accurate and less traumatic conduction of complex stages of stapedoplasty: dissection of the limbs of the stapes with preservation of the stapedial muscle, arrest of bleeding from the vestibule mucosal vessels, thinning of the base of the stapes. However, perforation of the base of the stapes by impulse Nd-YAG laser is not safe because of the treat of radiation and mechanical damage to essential structures of the internal ear.
authors.forename: F V
authors.initials: FV
authors.lastname: Semenov
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D010040:Otosclerosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013200:Stapes Mobilization / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome