Background: Keloid management can be difficult and frustrating, and the mechanisms
underlying keloid formation are only partially understood. Methods: Using original and …

Over the past ten years, carbon dioxide laser surgery has made impressive strides and is
now applied to every field of surgery without exception. It is the intention of this book to …

The CO2 laser cuts tissue by flash boiling extracellular or intracellular water molecules in
contact with the beam. This vaporization sterilizes the tissue and seals capillaries. The CO2 …

Lymphangiomatous tissue involving the ocular adnexa may be difficult to manage because
this highly vascular, unencapsulated tissue intermingles freely with normal adnexal …

Complete resection of recurrent conjunctival squamous papillomata frequently may be
exceedingly difficult, since such lesions are typically friable and multilobulated. Recurrent …

The widespread application of the CO2 laser in surgical treatment of tumor led us to verify its
usefulness in selected cases of scalp tumor. Twelve selected patients underwent CO2 laser …

The carbon dioxide (CO 2) laser is currently enjoying a renaissance with the advent of laser
skin resurfacing, but from the time it was first introduced in the mid-1960s it was widely used …

Although nonsurgical ophthalmologic practice depends on refraction, in recent years interest
in this procedure has decreased. The ophthalmologist, however, must recognize that a well …

In a condition of such complexity as bronchial carcinoma and at a time when the scientist's
understanding of malignant disease is still incomplete, it is inevitable that views within the …

The carbon dioxide laser (CO2 laser) was one of the first 4 major lasers to be developed,
and is now successfully employed for surgical procedures not only in the fields of plastic and …