Photoactive dye enhanced tissue ablation for endoscopic laser prostatectomy

Minwoo Ahn; Trung Hau Nguyen; Van Phuc Nguyen; Junghwan Oh; Hyun Wook Kang

doi:10.1117/12.2077096

26 February 2015 Photoactive dye enhanced tissue ablation for endoscopic laser prostatectomy

Minwoo Ahn, Trung Hau Nguyen, Van Phuc Nguyen, Junghwan Oh, Hyun Wook Kang

Proceedings Volume 9303, Photonic Therapeutics and Diagnostics XI; 93031D (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2077096
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2015, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Laser light has been widely used as a surgical tool to treat benign prostate hyperplasia with high laser power. The purpose of this study was to validate the feasibility of photoactive dye injection to enhance light absorption and eventually to facilitate tissue ablation with low laser power. The experiment was implemented on chicken breast due to minimal optical absorption Amaranth (AR), black dye (BD), hemoglobin powder (HP), and endoscopic marker (EM), were selected and tested in vitro with a customized 532-nm laser system with radiant exposure ranging from 0.9 to 3.9 J/cm². Light absorbance and ablation threshold were measured with UV-VIS spectrometer and Probit analysis, respectively, and compared to feature the function of the injected dyes. Ablation performance with dye-injection was evaluated in light of radiant exposure, dye concentration, and number of injection. Higher light absorption by injected dyes led to lower ablation threshold as well as more efficient tissue removal in the order of AR, BD, HP, and EM. Regardless of the injected dyes, ablation efficiency principally increased with input parameter. Among the dyes, AR created the highest ablation rate of 44.2±0.2 μm/pulse due to higher absorbance and lower ablation threshold. Preliminary tests on canine prostate with a hydraulic injection system demonstrated that 80 W with dye injection yielded comparable ablation efficiency to 120 W with no injection, indicating 33 % reduced laser power with almost equivalent performance. In-depth comprehension on photoactive dye-enhanced tissue ablation can help accomplish efficient and safe laser treatment for BPH with low power application.

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Minwoo Ahn, Trung Hau Nguyen, Van Phuc Nguyen, Junghwan Oh, and Hyun Wook Kang "Photoactive dye enhanced tissue ablation for endoscopic laser prostatectomy", Proc. SPIE 9303, Photonic Therapeutics and Diagnostics XI, 93031D (26 February 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2077096

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Laser ablation

Laser tissue interaction

Tissue optics

Tissues

Absorption

Absorbance

Prostate

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