Erbium-YAG and holmium-YAG laser ablation of bone

A. Charlton; M.R. Dickinson; T.A. King; A.J. Freemont

doi:10.1007/BF02032593

Erbium-YAG and holmium-YAG laser ablation of bone

A. Charlton
, M.R. Dickinson
, T.A. King
, A.J. Freemont

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Abstract

Results are presented for the latent heat of ablation of bone using an erbium-YAG laser operating at 2.9 Μm, and a holmium-YAG laser operating at 2.1 Μm. The values are 8.2±1.0 kJ cm-3 and 18±2.0 kJ cm-3, respectively. Secondary damage to surrounding tissue is found to extend approximately 5 Μm with the erbium laser and is greatly increased to 80 Μm with significant charring in the case of holmium. These secondary damage zones are much smaller than those produced by the CO2 laser.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	365-373
Number of pages	9
Journal	Lasers in Medical Science
Volume	5
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02032593
Publication status	Published - Dec 1990

Keywords

Ablation
Bone
CO 2
Erbium-YAG
Holmium-YAG
Infrared
Laser

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