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New Microspot Micromanipulator for Carbon Dioxide Laser Surgery in OtolaryngologyEarly Clinical Results
Stanley M. Shapshay, MD;
Robert A. Wallace;
John F. Kveton, MD;
Roger L. Hybels, MD;
R. Kirk Bohigian, MD;
Suzanne E. Setzer
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1988;114(9):1012-1015.
Abstract
• A new micromanipulator with microspot capability has been developed for carbon dioxide laser surgery in otolaryngology. The instrument features new infrared optics, which provide smaller laser spot sizes than those achievable with conventional micromanipulators (300 µm using a 400-mm operating microscope lens). The conventional red helium-neon aiming laser is replaced with a nonlaser fiberoptic image, and a power defocus control on the joystick manipulator eliminates external defocus controls. Less surrounding tissue trauma occurs with this new instrument by using a higher power density with average power settings of 1 to 2 W for cutting and ablation of tissue. Eight patients with benign laryngeal disease and one patient with dysplastic changes of the vocal cord were treated successfully without complications.
(Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1988;114:1012-1015)
Author Affiliations
From the Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery (Drs Shapshay, Kveton, Hybels, and Bohigian) and the Eleanor Naylor Laser Research Laboratory (Drs Shapshay and Setzer), Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington, Mass. Mr Wallace is now at Cooper LaserSonics Inc, Marlboro, Mass.
Footnotes
Accepted for publication May 2, 1988.
Read in part at the Seventh Congress of the International Society for Laser Surgery and Medicine, Munich, West Germany, June 24, 1987.
Reprint requests to Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Lahey Clinic Medical Center, 41 Mall Rd, Burlington, MA 01805 (Dr Shapshay).
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