Picosecond infrared laser (PIRL): an ideal phonomicrosurgical laser?

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Picosecond infrared laser (PIRL): an ideal phonomicrosurgical laser? / Hess, Markus; Hildebrandt, Michael Dominik; Müller, Frank; Kruber, Sebastian; Kroetz, Peter; Schumacher, Udo; Reimer, Rudolph; Kammal, Michael; Püschel, Klaus; Wöllmer, Wolfgang; Miller, Dwayne.

in: EUR ARCH OTO-RHINO-L, Jahrgang 270, Nr. 11, 01.11.2013, S. 2927-37.

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Hess, M, Hildebrandt, MD, Müller, F, Kruber, S, Kroetz, P, Schumacher, U, Reimer, R, Kammal, M, Püschel, K, Wöllmer, W & Miller, D 2013, 'Picosecond infrared laser (PIRL): an ideal phonomicrosurgical laser?', EUR ARCH OTO-RHINO-L, Jg. 270, Nr. 11, S. 2927-37. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-013-2561-6

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Hess, M., Hildebrandt, M. D., Müller, F., Kruber, S., Kroetz, P., Schumacher, U., Reimer, R., Kammal, M., Püschel, K., Wöllmer, W., & Miller, D. (2013). Picosecond infrared laser (PIRL): an ideal phonomicrosurgical laser? EUR ARCH OTO-RHINO-L, 270(11), 2927-37. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-013-2561-6

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@article{be23e1eaef6d479cb59052bb5221ed81,
title = "Picosecond infrared laser (PIRL): an ideal phonomicrosurgical laser?",
abstract = "A comparison of tissue cutting effects in excised cadaver human vocal folds after incisions with three different instruments [scalpel, CO2 laser and the picosecond infrared laser-(PIRL)] was performed. In total, 15 larynges were taken from human cadavers shortly after death. After deep freezing and thawing for the experiment, the vocal folds suspended in the hemilarynx were incised. Histology and environmental scanning electron microscopy (ESEM) analyses were performed. Damage zones after cold instrument cuts ranged from 51 to 135 μm, as compared to 9-28 μm after cutting with the PIRL. It was shown that PIRL incision had smaller zones of tissue coagulation and tissue destruction, when compared with scalpel and CO2 laser cuts. The PIRL technology provides an (almost) atraumatic laser, which offers a quantum jump towards realistic 'micro'-phonosurgery on a factual cellular dimension, almost entirely avoiding coagulation, carbonization, or other ways of major tissue destruction in the vicinity of the intervention area. Although not available for clinical use yet, the new technique appears promising for future clinical applications, so that technical and methodological characteristics as well as tissue experiments seem worthwhile to be communicated at this stage of development.",
keywords = "Cadaver, Cicatrix, Humans, Infrared Rays, Laser Therapy, Lasers, Gas, Microscopy, Electron, Scanning, Microsurgery, Surgical Instruments, Vocal Cords, Voice",
author = "Markus Hess and Hildebrandt, {Michael Dominik} and Frank M{\"u}ller and Sebastian Kruber and Peter Kroetz and Udo Schumacher and Rudolph Reimer and Michael Kammal and Klaus P{\"u}schel and Wolfgang W{\"o}llmer and Dwayne Miller",
year = "2013",
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doi = "10.1007/s00405-013-2561-6",
language = "English",
volume = "270",
pages = "2927--37",
journal = "EUR ARCH OTO-RHINO-L",
issn = "0937-4477",
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T1 - Picosecond infrared laser (PIRL): an ideal phonomicrosurgical laser?

AU - Hess, Markus

AU - Hildebrandt, Michael Dominik

AU - Müller, Frank

AU - Kruber, Sebastian

AU - Kroetz, Peter

AU - Schumacher, Udo

AU - Reimer, Rudolph

AU - Kammal, Michael

AU - Püschel, Klaus

AU - Wöllmer, Wolfgang

AU - Miller, Dwayne

PY - 2013/11/1

Y1 - 2013/11/1

N2 - A comparison of tissue cutting effects in excised cadaver human vocal folds after incisions with three different instruments [scalpel, CO2 laser and the picosecond infrared laser-(PIRL)] was performed. In total, 15 larynges were taken from human cadavers shortly after death. After deep freezing and thawing for the experiment, the vocal folds suspended in the hemilarynx were incised. Histology and environmental scanning electron microscopy (ESEM) analyses were performed. Damage zones after cold instrument cuts ranged from 51 to 135 μm, as compared to 9-28 μm after cutting with the PIRL. It was shown that PIRL incision had smaller zones of tissue coagulation and tissue destruction, when compared with scalpel and CO2 laser cuts. The PIRL technology provides an (almost) atraumatic laser, which offers a quantum jump towards realistic 'micro'-phonosurgery on a factual cellular dimension, almost entirely avoiding coagulation, carbonization, or other ways of major tissue destruction in the vicinity of the intervention area. Although not available for clinical use yet, the new technique appears promising for future clinical applications, so that technical and methodological characteristics as well as tissue experiments seem worthwhile to be communicated at this stage of development.

AB - A comparison of tissue cutting effects in excised cadaver human vocal folds after incisions with three different instruments [scalpel, CO2 laser and the picosecond infrared laser-(PIRL)] was performed. In total, 15 larynges were taken from human cadavers shortly after death. After deep freezing and thawing for the experiment, the vocal folds suspended in the hemilarynx were incised. Histology and environmental scanning electron microscopy (ESEM) analyses were performed. Damage zones after cold instrument cuts ranged from 51 to 135 μm, as compared to 9-28 μm after cutting with the PIRL. It was shown that PIRL incision had smaller zones of tissue coagulation and tissue destruction, when compared with scalpel and CO2 laser cuts. The PIRL technology provides an (almost) atraumatic laser, which offers a quantum jump towards realistic 'micro'-phonosurgery on a factual cellular dimension, almost entirely avoiding coagulation, carbonization, or other ways of major tissue destruction in the vicinity of the intervention area. Although not available for clinical use yet, the new technique appears promising for future clinical applications, so that technical and methodological characteristics as well as tissue experiments seem worthwhile to be communicated at this stage of development.

KW - Cadaver

KW - Cicatrix

KW - Humans

KW - Infrared Rays

KW - Laser Therapy

KW - Lasers, Gas

KW - Microscopy, Electron, Scanning

KW - Microsurgery

KW - Surgical Instruments

KW - Vocal Cords

KW - Voice

U2 - 10.1007/s00405-013-2561-6

DO - 10.1007/s00405-013-2561-6

M3 - SCORING: Journal article

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SP - 2927

EP - 2937

JO - EUR ARCH OTO-RHINO-L

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SN - 0937-4477

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