Topic summary
Laser scalpel
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Laser surgery.
Equipment
Surgical laser systems, sometimes called "laser scalpels", are differentiated not only by the wavelength, but also by the light delivery system: flexible fiber or articulated arm, as well as by other factors. Types of surgical lasers include carbon dioxide, argon, Nd:YAG laser, and potassium titanyl phosphate. CO2 lasers were the dominant soft-tissue surgical lasers as of 2010.