Effects of pulsed lasers on hard biological tissue

Renate Jahn M.D.; Andreas Bleckmann; Edwin W. Duczynski; Hans-Joachim von der Heide; Guenter Huber; Karl-Heinz Jungbluth; Werner Lierse; Walter Neu; Bert Struve

doi:10.1117/12.147674

7 July 1993 Effects of pulsed lasers on hard biological tissue

Renate Jahn M.D., Andreas Bleckmann, Edwin W. Duczynski, Hans-Joachim von der Heide, Guenter Huber, Karl-Heinz Jungbluth, Werner Lierse, Walter Neu, Bert Struve

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Proceedings Volume 1882, Laser-Tissue Interaction IV; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.147674
Event: OE/LASE'93: Optics, Electro-Optics, and Laser Applications in Scienceand Engineering, 1993, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

The interaction of various pulsed lasers with meniscus and bone of freshly slaughtered bovines and pigs was examined. Our aim was to find lasers useful for accident surgical operations (e.g. bone or callus dystopy inside joints or nearby important vessels or nerves after fractures). Laser wavelengths of the UV- and infrared spectral range were investigated: XeCl- excimer lasers (wavelength 308 nm, pulse duration 28 ns, 60 ns, 300 ns) Nd:YAG (1.06 micrometers , 400 microsecond(s) ), Tm:YAG (2.01 micrometers , 400 microsecond(s) ), Ho:YAG (2.12 micrometers , 400 microsecond(s) ), CrEr:YSGG (2.79 micrometers , 400 microsecond(s) ), and Er:YAG (2.94 micrometers , 400 microsecond(s) ). The excimer laser radiation was guided by a tapered fused silica fiber, whereas for all other lasers the tissue samples were positioned in the focus of a lens with 100 mm focal length. Ablation rates were determined by perforating samples of defined thickness, and the effects of laser ablation on tissue were controlled macroscopically, by light microscopy and by scanning electron microscopy.

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Renate Jahn M.D., Andreas Bleckmann, Edwin W. Duczynski, Hans-Joachim von der Heide, Guenter Huber, Karl-Heinz Jungbluth, Werner Lierse, Walter Neu, and Bert Struve "Effects of pulsed lasers on hard biological tissue", Proc. SPIE 1882, Laser-Tissue Interaction IV, (7 July 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.147674

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