Surgery

Imaging device quantifies change in port wine stains

(HealthDay)—A newly developed spatial frequency domain imaging (SFDI) device can be used to quantify biochemical compositional changes in port wine stain (PWS) lesions after laser therapy, according to a study published ...

Surgery

Laser treatment improves appearance in burn scars, study shows

In a collaboration among researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC), Shriners Hospitals for Children–Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, burn and skin specialists have shown that use of ...

Surgery

Indocyanine green diode laser clears telangiectatic leg veins

(HealthDay) -- For patients with telangiectatic leg veins, treatment with indocyanine green (ICG)-augmented diode laser therapy results in good to excellent clearance of veins, with no persisting side effects, according to ...

Surgery

Lasers remove inches from fat trouble spots

(HealthDay) -- Low-level laser therapy (LLLT) is effective for body slimming, according to a study published in the March issue of Lasers in Surgery and Medicine.

Medical research

Laser thermal therapy ends patient’s seizures

After suffering from uncontrollable epileptic seizures for more than 15 years, a new laser therapy has given a 48-year-old Houston-area woman a life without seizures.

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