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Carbon Dioxide Lasers for Treatment of Neurologic and Otolaryngologic Tumors Excerpt: Carbon dioxide (CO2) surgical lasers are used primarily to create surgical incisions; to excise or vaporize deeper tissues (e.g., to remove tumors) after incisions; to coagulate very small bleeding vessels; to vaporize surface anomalies (e.g., warts); and to excise or vaporize tissue accessible by both rigid and flexible endoscopes.  Hotline Literature SearchesThe Custom Hotline Service delivers answers to your questions about medical technology in as few as five business days. Each Custom Response includes a technology overview prepared by the same doctoral-level research analysts that develop ECRI Institute's comprehensive technology assessment reports as well as hyperlinked literature searches of published peer-reviewed literature, gray literature, and standards and guidelines provided by ECRI Institute's team of medical librarians and information specialists. |
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