Controlled temperature tissue Fusion: Ho:YAG laser welding of rat intestine in vivo

Inci Cilesiz, Eric K. Chan, A. J. Welch, Sharon Thomsen

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Abstract

The results of a closed loop thermal feedback controlled laser-assisted tissue welding study in vivo are reported. A series of experiments was carried out to study and compare the weld strength and healing response of sutured and laser welded rat enterotomies with and without temperature feedback control (TFC) using a cryogenically cooled Ho:YAG laser. Although assignment of animals to three groups (control sutured, laser welded with and without TFC) and four observation periods (1, 3, 7, and 21 days) was randomized, several laser welded enterotomies without TFC had complications resulting in death of the animals. Those experiments were repeated. From the failure rates encountered, it is shown that TFC improves the quality of laser-assisted enterotomy closures.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)523-534
Number of pages12
JournalProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume2395
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 12 May 1995
Externally publishedYes
EventLasers in Surgery: Advanced Characterization, Therapeutics, and Systems V 1995 - San Jose, United States
Duration: 1 Feb 199528 Feb 1995

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Keywords

  • Feedback Control
  • Ho:Yag Laser
  • Intestine
  • Quasi-Constant Temperature Control
  • S: Dosimetry
  • Temperature Feedback
  • Tissue Fusion
  • Tissue Welding.

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