Laser surgery, YAG — The use of a YAG (yttrium aluminum garnet) laser to do surgery. One use for a YAG laser in surgery is to punch a hole in the iris to relieve increased pressure within the eye from acute angle closure glaucoma. In this type of glaucoma, there is a … Medical dictionary
YAG laser surgery — The use of a YAG (yttrium aluminum garnet) laser to do surgery. One use for a YAG laser in surgery is to punch a hole in the iris to relieve increased pressure within the eye from acute angle closure glaucoma. In this type of glaucoma, there is a … Medical dictionary
Nd:YAG laser — with lid open showing frequency doubled 532 nm green light Nd:YAG laser rod … Wikipedia
Laser-assisted new attachment procedure — (LANAP), is a therapy designed for the effective treatment of periodontitis through regeneration rather than resection. This therapy, and the laser which performs it (The PerioLase MVP 7, Millennium Dental Technologies, Inc.) have long been in… … Wikipedia
Laser applications — There are many scientific, military, medical and commercial laser applications which have been developed since the invention of the laser in the 1958. The coherency, high monochromaticity, and ability to reach extremely high powers are all… … Wikipedia
Laser — A powerful beam of light that can produce intense heat when focused at close range. Lasers are used in medicine in microsurgery, cauterization, for diagnostic purposes, etc. For example, lasers are employed in microsurgery to cut tissue and… … Medical dictionary
Laser hair removal — Epilation by laser was performed experimentally for about 20 years before it became commercially available in the mid 1990s. Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) epilators, though technically not a laser, use xenon flash lamps that emit full spectrum light … Wikipedia
laser — n. a device that produces a very thin beam of light in which high energies are concentrated (the word derives from light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation). In surgery, lasers can be used to operate on small areas of abnormality… … The new mediacal dictionary
Laser scalpel — A laser scalpel is a scalpel for surgery, cutting or ablating living biological tissue by the energy of laser light. In soft tissue laser surgery, a laser beam ablates or vaporizes the soft tissue with the high water content.In ophthalmology… … Wikipedia
Laser resurfacing — is a technique used during laser surgery wherein molecular bonds of a material are dissolved by a laser. It is used for the treatment of wrinkles, solar lentigenes, sun damage, scars (see acne scar treatment), stretch marks, actinic keratosis and … Wikipedia
