Laser surgery is a kind of surgery that applies special lighting beams instead of instruments for surgical treatments. LASER stands for Light Amplification by the Stimulated Emission of Radiation. Lasers were primarily established in 1960. Newer laser modifications regulate it to have a bigger impact on medical and surgical practices. A large area of their impact has been seen in the procedure of numerous skin lesion and diseases.
What types of surgeries use lasers?
There are multiple indications for the application of lasers in surgery. The following are few of the multiple common indications:
- For removing tumors.
- For helping to avoid blood loss by sealing small blood vessels.
- For sealing lymph vessels for decreasing swelling and decreasing the spread of tumor cells.
- For treating some kind of skin conditions, which includes for removing and improving warts, tattoos, moles, scars, birthmarks and wrinkles.
Benefits of laser surgery
- Painless
- No open scars.
- No blood loss.
- Faster recovery.
- Minimally harm
- 100 percent success rate.
- No dressing after surgery.
- Discharge quickly after the surgery done from the hospital.
- Avoid risk of infection.