title: The use of laser in hysteroscopic surgery.
abstract: The term laser, an acronym for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation, covers a wide range of devices. Lasers are commonly described by the emitted wavelength that covers the entire light spectrum from infrared to ultraviolet and the active lasing medium. Currently, over forty different types of lasers have found application in medicine. Moreover, advances made by gynecologists in the field of operative hysteroscopy have developed a very great interest in the use of surgical lasers. Technical improvements in hysteroscopes and lasers have led several gynecologists to evaluate their use in the surgical treatment of intrauterine pathologies. This narrative review concerns the most common used lasers in hysteroscopic surgery with particular attention to the latest promising results of the laser technology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Institute of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy - felice.sorrentino@alice.it.
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Nappi
authors.forename: Felice
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sorrentino
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Angioni
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pontis
authors.forename: Pantaleo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Greco
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020702:Hysteroscopes; D015907:Hysteroscopy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D007834:Lasers