Use of the CO2 Laser in Otology
- 1 January 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology
- Vol. 90 (1) , 70-71
- https://doi.org/10.1177/000348948109000118
Abstract
There are conflicting reports of the effect on the inner ear of the use of a carbon dioxide (CO2) laser. In four cats, we made middle ear lesions with a CO2 laser. Subsequent evaluation by inverted-phase and scanning electron microscopy revealed no inner ear pathology attributable to the CO2 laser. Apparently, appropriate use of the CO2 laser does not harm the inner ear.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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