LATERAL THERMAL-DAMAGE ALONG PULSED LASER INCISIONS

被引:96
作者
ZWEIG, AD
MEIERHOFER, B
MULLER, OM
MISCHLER, C
ROMANO, V
FRENZ, M
WEBER, HP
机构
[1] UNIV BERN,INST APPL PHYS,CH-3012 BERN,SWITZERLAND
[2] UNIV BERN,INST ANAT,CH-3012 BERN,SWITZERLAND
关键词
Er[!sup]3+[!/sup]/CO[!sub]2[!/sub] laser; heat conduction; thermal collagen alteration;
D O I
10.1002/lsm.1900100306
中图分类号
R75 [皮肤病学与性病学];
学科分类号
100206 ;
摘要
The damage adjacent to incisions created in dorsal mouse skin by overlapping Er3+ and CO2 laser pulses of a duration of 250 μs is investigated histologically. It is compared to injuries induced by long‐term heating. We demonstrate how the lateral thermal damage near the laser cuts can be explained by heat conduction. We show that it is necessary to introduce as a heat reservoir a layer of tissue that has been liquefied during the cutting process. The width of the thermally damaged region depends mainly on the extension of the liquid material that remains in the cut after the laser‐tissue interaction. Copyright © 1990 Wiley‐Liss, Inc., A Wiley Company
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页码:262 / 274
页数:13
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