Laser surgery and anesthesia.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Laser surgeries pose risks both to patients and the medical staff. This article aimed at presenting basic notions for laser usage and rules for improving laser procedures safety. CONTENTS Notions of physics applied to laser, safety rules and procedures in case of adverse events with laser application are presented. CONCLUSIONS When operated by trained professionals, and provided safety rules are followed, laser is useful and safe both for patients and the medical staff.

• Publication year

  2004

• Venue

  Revista Brasileira de Anestesiologia

• Publication date

  2004-02-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1590/S0034-70942004000100014PMID 19471717
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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