Advances in Nd:YAG Laser Surgery

1 Recent Advances in Laser Medicine and Surgery in Japan.- 2 A Brief History of the Nd:YAG Laser.- 3 Noncontact Delivery Systems and Accessories for the Application of the Nd:YAG Laser in Endoscopy and Surgery.- 4 Contact Delivery Systems and Accessories.- 5 Clinical Applications in Gastrointestinal Bleeding.- 6 Laser Treatment for Advanced or Recurrent Cancer of the Gastrointestinal Tract.- 7 Videoendoscopy.- 8 Endoscopic Laser Therapy of Carcinoma of the Esophagus and Gastric Cardia.- 9 Endoscopic Laser Treatment of Gastrointestinal Tract Cancer in Japan: Update.- 10 New Modalities of Contact Nd:YAG Laser Endoscopy for General Application in the Gastrointestinal Tract.- 11 Contact Nd:YAG Laser Treatment of Gastrointestinal Tract Cancer.- 12 Use of Lasers in Nonbleeding Gastrointestinal Lesions: A European Experience.- 13 Nd:YAG Laser Therapy for Intractable Gastric Ulcer.- 14 Use of the Nd:YAG Laser in Cholangioscopic Surgery.- 15 Nd:YAG Laser Treatment of Bladder Tumors.- 16 Contact Laser Treatment for Bladder Cancer.- 17 Endoscopic Nd:YAG Laser Treatment in Airway Lesions.- 18 Developments in Bronchoscopic Nd:YAG Laser Resection.- 19 Neurosurgical Applications of Laser Technology.- 20 The Use of Contact Lasers (Nd:YAG and Argon) in Neurosurgery: Clinical and Experimental Data.- 21 Fiberoptic Laser Endoscopy in Neurosurgery.- 22 The Contact Nd:YAG Laser in Neurosurgery.- 23 Nd:YAG Laser Surgery: Overview of Applications.- 24 Applications of the Nd:YAG Laser in Otorhinolaryngology.- 25 Reconstructive Surgery for Head and Neck Tumors by Contact Nd:YAG Laser Technique.- 26 Laser Conization of the Uterine Cervix.- 27 Endometrial Ablation.- 28 Nd:YAG Laser Applications in Gynecology.- 29 Clinical Application of Nd:YAG Laser in Dermatology and Plastic Surgery.- 30 Study ofthe Benefits of the Nd:YAG Laser in Plastic Surgery.- 31 Prevention of Dental Caries and Treatment of Early Caries Using the Nd:YAG Laser.- 32 Laser Therapy in Dental and Oral Surgery.- 33 Laser Hemorrhoidectomy.- 34 Splenic Resection with the SLT Contact Nd:YAG Laser System©: A Comparison of Contact Nd:YAG with the CO2 Laser.- 35 Liver and Pancreatic Laser Surgery.- 36 Contact Laser Applications in Ophthalmology.- 37 The Short-Pulsed Nd:YAG Laser in Ophthalmology: A Review of Current Clinical Techniques.- 38 General Anesthesia for Nd:YAG Laser Surgery.- 39 The Variable-Function Fiberoptic Laser Apparatus Using Nd:YAG and Carbon Monoxide Lasers.- 40 Computer-Controlled Contact Nd:YAD Laser System for Interstitial Local Hyperthermia.- 41 Safety Procedures for Nd:YAG Laser Surgery.- 42 Tissue Interactions of Carbon Monoxide and Carbon Dioxide Lasers.- 43 Tissue Interactions of Nd:YAG Lasers.- 44 Setting Up Ambulatory Laser Centers.- 45 The Laser Industry: Present and Future.