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1988 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel
Lasers in Neurosurgery: State of the Art
verfasst von : P. W. Ascher
Erschienen in: LASER Optoelectronics in Medicine
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Enthalten in: Professional Book Archive
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When we were first confronted with the laser, in 1975, it was not considered useful for neurosurgery (1,2,3). We were nonetheless fascinated by the potential of a non-touch instrument and attempted to demonstrate its applicability. After theoretical considerations and animal experiments, we performed the first laser operation on a patient on July 28, 1976. Since then we have performed over 1,100 procedures with the CO2 and Nd:YAG lasers (4–8). Our early hopes for the laser have been realized and new indications added.