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Surgical Ablative Lasers and Fractional Microablative Lasers (Far Infrared): Organ Tissue

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Pulsed or continuous surgical lasers may be used to achieve ablation with minimal thermal damage. The possible applications of surgical lasers range from resurfacing treatments to vaporization of numerous benign dermatological lesions. CO2 (10,600-nm) and Er:YAG (2940-nm) lasers emit in the far-infrared spectrum. Surgical laser was introduced in the past as a surgical tool capable of vaporizing tissue. Side effects may present as hypertrophic or atrophic scars or hypo- and hyperpigmentation, often reversible.

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Special thanks to Dr. Luigi Bennardo, Dr. Ester Del Duca and Dr. Giuseppe Lodi for their precious contribution in editing and revising this chapter.

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  1. Department of Dermatology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

    Giovanni Cannarozzo & Mario Sannino

  2. Department of Health Science, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy

    Steven Paul Nisticò

  3. Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA

    Keyvan Nouri

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Cannarozzo, G., Nisticò, S.P., Nouri, K., Sannino, M. (2020). Surgical Ablative Lasers and Fractional Microablative Lasers (Far Infrared): Organ Tissue. In: Atlas of Lasers and Lights in Dermatology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31232-9_2

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