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Surgeon’s Evaluation of the Ablation Efficiency of Arthroscopic Laser Systems

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Parameters that measure the energy output and subsequent tissue effects are usually static (Boulnois, 1986; Walsh and Deutsch, 1988, 1989; Nishioka et al., 1989; Nishioka and Domankevitz 1990; Trauner et al., 1990; Cummings et al., 1993; Shi et al., 1993). They are measures of laser performance that mean more to the engineers than they do to the surgeon. Once a patient is involved however, testing dynamic effects as applied in vivo is essential (Brillhart, 1992). Dynamic effects refer to the results of the surgeon’s moving the laser probe (Fig. 4–1).

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Brillhart, A.T. (1995). Surgeon’s Evaluation of the Ablation Efficiency of Arthroscopic Laser Systems. In: Brillhart, A.T. (eds) Arthroscopic Laser Surgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2468-6_4

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