Laser surgery is a type of surgery that uses a laser (in contrast to using a scalpel) to cut tissue. Types of surgical lasers include carbon dioxide,...

Lasik (laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis), commonly referred to as laser eye surgery or laser vision correction, is a type of refractive surgery for...

conditions (e.g. to seal a retinal tear). Laser eye surgery or laser corneal surgery is a medical procedure that uses a laser to reshape the surface of the eye...

most common methods today use excimer lasers to reshape the curvature of the cornea. Refractive eye surgeries are used to treat common vision disorders...

and less common variation of this, femtosecond laser-assisted phacoemulsification surgery, uses a laser to make the corneal incision, execute the capsulotomy...

The carbon-dioxide laser (CO2 laser) was one of the earliest gas lasers to be developed. It was invented by Kumar Patel of Bell Labs in 1964 and is still...

hyperplasia (BPH), Nd:YAG lasers can be used for laser prostate surgery—a form of transurethral resection of the prostate. These lasers are also used extensively...

keratectomy (PRK) and laser-assisted sub-epithelial keratectomy (or laser epithelial keratomileusis) (LASEK) are laser eye surgery procedures intended to...

communication, semiconducting chip manufacturing (photolithography), laser surgery and skin treatments, cutting and welding materials, military and law...

photorejuvenation, and laser surgery. The word laser stands for "light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation". The laser was invented in 1960 by...

information on the advantages and disadvantages of this procedure. Laser surgery offers a number of benefits, including reduced risk of infection, less...

semiconductor based integrated circuits or "chips", eye surgery, and micromachining. Since the 1960s, excimer lasers have been widely used in high-resolution photolithography...

A dental laser is a type of laser designed specifically for use in oral surgery or dentistry. In the United States, the use of lasers on the gums was first...

prostate surgery. They can further be divided into laser surgery (requiring spinal anesthesia) and other non-laser procedures. Prostate laser surgery is used...

surgeon, and inventor. He is best known for his invention of LASIK eye surgery, a vision correction procedure designed to allow people to see clearly...

laser ablation Dental laser Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy LASEK LASIK Laser bonding Laser cutting Laser engraving Laser scalpel Laser surgery Soft-tissue...

laser surgery and cosmetic dermatology. She is the founding director of her skin care clinic, the Washington Institute of Dermatologic Laser Surgery,...

including thermal, chemical, mechanical, injection, and light. Laser resurfacing is a laser surgery technique that disassociates molecular bonds. It is used...

A laser diode (LD, also injection laser diode or ILD or semiconductor laser or diode laser) is a semiconductor device similar to a light-emitting diode...

used during treatment of blood vessel lesions, laser resurfacing, laser hair removal and laser surgery. Quantities, Terminology, and Symbols in Photothermal...

Low-level laser therapy (LLLT), cold laser therapy, photobiomodulation (PBM) or red light therapy is a form of medicine that applies low-level (low-power)...

available in immunodermatology, phototherapy, laser medicine, Mohs micrographic surgery, cosmetic surgery, dermatopathology, or pediatric dermatology....

laser Pulsed laser deposition Laser ablation Laser scalpel Soft-tissue laser surgery Siegman, Anthony E. (1986). Lasers, University Science Books. ISBN 0-935702-11-3...

It is not often treated, except in severe cases, where vitrectomy (surgery), laser vitreolysis, and medication may be effective. Floaters are visible...

Electrodesiccation and surgical excision may produce scarring.[citation needed] Laser surgery is generally a last resort treatment, as it is expensive and painful...

Laser hair removal is the process of hair removal by means of exposure to pulses of laser light that destroy the hair follicle. It had been performed...

with the CO2 Laser". In Ballow D.P.M., Edward B. (ed.). Laser Surgery of the Foot (First ed.). International Society of Podiatric Laser Surgery. pp. 55–64...

of laser based refractive eye surgery developed by Carl Zeiss Meditec used to correct myopia, and cure astigmatism. Although similar to LASIK laser surgery...

laparoscopic surgery laser surgery mohs surgery radiofrequency ablation robotic surgery and other forms of surgery. thoracoscopic surgery One of the first...

chalazion can cause astigmatism due to pressure on the cornea. As laser eye surgery involves shaping the cornea by burning parts of it away, weakening...