Neodymium:YAG laser therapy for recurrent chronic polypous sinusitis: is it safe?

Justus F. R. Ilgner M.D.; Oliver Emmerling M.D.; Martin Westhofen M.D.

doi:10.1117/12.389485

28 June 2000 Neodymium:YAG laser therapy for recurrent chronic polypous sinusitis: is it safe?

Justus F. R. Ilgner M.D., Oliver Emmerling M.D., Martin Westhofen M.D.

Proceedings Volume 4166, Laser Florence '99: A Window on the Laser Medicine World; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.389485
Event: Laser Florence '99, 1999, Florence, Italy

Abstract

Using a self-regulated power delivery system at low power rate in contact mode, the Nd:YAG-laser is a safe tool even in such delicate regions as the paranasal sinuses. patients profile from early ablation of local recurrences, before extensive revision surgery becomes inevitable.

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Justus F. R. Ilgner M.D., Oliver Emmerling M.D., and Martin Westhofen M.D. "Neodymium:YAG laser therapy for recurrent chronic polypous sinusitis: is it safe?", Proc. SPIE 4166, Laser Florence '99: A Window on the Laser Medicine World, (28 June 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.389485

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