Acute and chronic response of meniscal fibrocartilage to holmium:YAG laser irradiation

Patrick J. Horan M.D.; Neven A. Popovic M.D.; Richard B. Islinger M.D.; Timothy R. Kuklo M.D.; Edward J. Dick D.V.M.

doi:10.1117/12.275036

22 May 1997 Acute and chronic response of meniscal fibrocartilage to holmium:YAG laser irradiation

Patrick J. Horan M.D., Neven A. Popovic M.D., Richard B. Islinger M.D., Timothy R. Kuklo M.D., Edward J. Dick D.V.M.

Proceedings Volume 2970, Lasers in Surgery: Advanced Characterization, Therapeutics, and Systems VII; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.275036
Event: BiOS '97, Part of Photonics West, 1997, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

The acute and chronic (10 week) histological effects of the holmium:YAG laser during partial meniscectomy in an in vivo rabbit model were investigated. Twenty-four adult male New Zealand rabbits underwent bilateral parapatellar medial knee arthrotomies. In the right knee, a partial medial meniscectomy was done through the avascular zone using a standard surgical blade. In the left knee, an anatomically similar partial medial meniscectomy was performed using a Ho:YAG laser (Coherent, USA). This study indicates that the laser creates two zones of damage in the meniscal fibrocartilage and that the zone of thermal change may act as a barrier to healing. The zone of thermal change which is eventually debrided was thought at the time of surgery to be viable. In the laser cut menisci, the synovium appears to have greater inflammation early and to be equivalent with the scalpel cut after three weeks. At all time periods there appeared more cellular damage in the laser specimens.

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Patrick J. Horan M.D., Neven A. Popovic M.D., Richard B. Islinger M.D., Timothy R. Kuklo M.D., and Edward J. Dick D.V.M. "Acute and chronic response of meniscal fibrocartilage to holmium:YAG laser irradiation", Proc. SPIE 2970, Lasers in Surgery: Advanced Characterization, Therapeutics, and Systems VII, (22 May 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.275036

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