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Laser-assisted intestinal anastomosis
J W Vlasak1, G E Kopchok, R A White
1Department of Surgery, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance 90509.
Lasers in Surgery and Medicine
|January 1, 1988
Abstract:
Laser-assisted tissue fusion has been investigated as a new technology to enhance the healing of soft tissues. Laser fusion of intestinal anastomoses shows promise as a method to obtain primary healing while eliminating a foreign-body reaction associated with the sutures. This paper reviews the experimental data that are available regarding laser-assisted intestinal anastomoses and summarizes our experience using the CO2, Nd:YAG, and argon lasers to form fusions in small bowel.