title: Use of microsurgical laser in paediatric surgery and paediatric neurosurgery.
abstract: Our descriptive technical report on 7 children describes the microsurgical laser scalpel as an useful tool for removal of firm and soft lesions from a variety of delicate tissues. It combines precise atraumatic tissue dissection with immediate hemostasis while having no adverse side effects on adjacent and neighbouring tissues even through a limited surgical access.
authors.affiliation: Paediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital of Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland. andreas.fette@gmx.de
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fette
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yonekawa
authors.forename: K F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Kothbauer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000295:instrumentation*; D009493:Neurosurgery / Q000295:instrumentation*; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000295:instrumentation*