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Abstract
The use of photothermal effects of LASERS to coagulate, incise, vaporize, resect, dissect, or resurface tissue.
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32 entry terms
- Laser Therapies
- Therapies, Laser
- Therapy, Laser
- Laser Ablation
- Laser Knife
- Laser Knives
- Laser Photoablation of Tissue
- Laser Scalpel
- Laser Surgery
- Laser Tissue Ablation
- Nonablative Laser Treatment
- Pulsed Laser Tissue Ablation
- Surgery, Laser
- Vaporization, Laser
- Ablation, Laser
- Ablation, Laser Tissue
- Knife, Laser
- Knifes, Laser
- Knive, Laser
- Knives, Laser
- Laser Knifes
- Laser Knive
- Laser Scalpels
- Laser Surgeries
- Laser Treatment, Nonablative
- Laser Treatments, Nonablative
- Laser Vaporization
- Nonablative Laser Treatments
- Scalpel, Laser
- Scalpels, Laser
- Surgeries, Laser
- Tissue Ablation, Laser
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14 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings adverse effects, classification, economics, ethics, history, instrumentation, methods, mortality, nursing, psychology, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends, veterinary.
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Indexing Annotation
general; prefer specifics or specific laser term/ ther use; coordinate with disease and/or organ /surg; LOW-LEVEL LIGHT THERAPY is also available; laser surgery of cataract = LASER SURGERY (IM) see LASER THERAPY + CATARACT EXTRACTION (IM)
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2008
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Laser Therapy. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D053685. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D053685
- Laser Therapy. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_surgery
- Laser Therapy. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q847796