Use of microsurgical laser in paediatric surgery and paediatric neurosurgery.
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.
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Paediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital of Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland. andreas.fette@gmx.de
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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*