Hostname: page-component-78c5997874-ndw9j Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-17T18:21:54.569Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

The healing of CO2 laser wounds of the larynx

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

R. M. D. Tranter*
Affiliation:
Brighton
J. W. Frame
Affiliation:
Birmingham
R. M. Browne
Affiliation:
Birmingham
*
Robert M. D. Tranter, 100 The Drive, Hove, Sussex, BN3 6GP.

Abstract

Image of the first page of this content. For PDF version, please use the ‘Save PDF’ preceeding this image.'
Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1985

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

REFERENCES

Carruth, J. A. S. (1982) Resection of the tongue with the carbon dioxide laser. Journal of Laryngology and Otology, 96: 529543.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Fisher, Sheila E., Frame, J. W., Browne, R. M. and Tranter, R. M. D. (1983) A comparative histological study of wound healing following CO2laser and conventional surgical excision of canine buccal mucosa. Archives of Oral Biology, 28: 287291.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Gabbiani, G., Ryan, G. B. and MAJNO, G. (1971) The presence of modified fibroblasts in granulation tissue and their possible role in wound contraction. Experientia, 27: 549550.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Hall, R. R. (1971) The healing of tissues incised by a carbon dioxide laser. British Journal of Surgery, 58: 222225.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Hall, R. R., Beach, A. D., Baker, E. and Morison, P. C. A. (1971a) Incision of tissue by carbon dioxide laser. Nature, London, 232: 131132.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Hall, R. R., Hill, D. W. and Beach, A. D. (1971b). A carbon dioxide surgical laser. Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 48: 181188.Google ScholarPubMed
Healy, G. B., McGill, T. and Strong, M. S. (1978) Surgical advances in the treatment of lesions of the pediatric airway: the role of the carbon dioxide laser. Pediatrics, 61: 380383.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Mayer, T., Matlak, M. E., Dixon, J., Johnson, D. G. and McCloskey, D. (1980) Experimental subglottic stenosis; histopathological and bronchoscopic comparison of electrosurgical, cryosurgical and laser resection. Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 15: 944951.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Mester, E., Spiry, T., Szende, B. and Tota, J. G. (1971) Effect of laser rays on wound healing. American Journal of Surgery, 122: 532535.Google Scholar
Mihashi, S., Jako, G. J., Incze, J., Strong, M. S. and Vaughan, C. W. (1976) Laser surgery in otolaryngology- interaction of CO2, laser and soft tissue. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 267: 263294.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Montandon, D., D'andiran, G. and Gabbiani, G. (1977) The mechanism of wound contraction and epithelialisation: clinical and experimental studies. Clinics in Plastic Surgery, 4: 325346.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Stern, L. S., Abramson, A. L. and Grimes, G. W. (1980) Qualitative and morphometric evaluation of vocal cord lesions produced by the carbon dioxide laser. Laryngoscope, 90: 792808.Google Scholar
Strong, M. S., Jako, G. J., Polanyi, T. and Wallace, R. A. (1973) Laser surgery in the aerodigestive tract. American Journal of Surgery, 126: 529533.Google Scholar
Strong, M. S., Vaughan, C. W., Healy, G. B., Shapshay, S. M. and Jako, G. J. (1979a) Transoral management of localised carcinoma of the oral cavity using the CO2laser. Laryngoscope, 89: 897905.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Strong, M. S., Vaughan, C. W., Jako, G. J. and Polanyi, T. (1979b) Transoral resection of cancer of the oral cavity: the role of the CO2laser. Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America, 12: 207218.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Tuffin, J. R. and Carruth, J. A. S. (1980) The carbon dioxide surgical laser. British Dental Journal, 149: 255258.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Vaughan, C. W. (1978) Transoral laryngeal surgery using the CO2laser: laboratory experiments and clinical experience. Laryngoscope, 88: 13991420.CrossRefGoogle Scholar