Circumcision using CO2 laser: report of 860 cases

Wen Bang Chen; Zi-Fu Chen; Tian-qi Zhan; Xiang-Xun Gao; Chao Huang

doi:10.1117/12.137054

5 March 1993 Circumcision using CO₂ laser: report of 860 cases

Wen Bang Chen, Zi-Fu Chen, Tian-qi Zhan, Xiang-Xun Gao, Chao Huang

Proceedings Volume 1616, International Conference on Photodynamic Therapy and Laser Medicine; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.137054
Event: International Conference on Photodynamic Therapy and Laser Medicine, 1991, Beijing, China

Abstract

Eight-hundred-sixty cases of circumcision using CO₂ laser are reported. The age of patients ranged from 9 - 65 years, with a mean age of 23.8 years. The technique was simple and can be quickly accomplished by a single operator. After local anesthesia the glans penis was protected by a protector. Then, circumcision was performed with a CO₂ laser -- HeNe laser combined machine. There was an HeNe laser aiming system in this machine thus the surgeon had a three-dimensional visible indicator of the incision. The focusing CO₂ laser beam was used for cutting the prepuce during the operation. There was almost no operative bleeding. All the patients needed no antibiotic postoperatively. Complications were minimal and satisfactory results were achieved.

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Wen Bang Chen, Zi-Fu Chen, Tian-qi Zhan, Xiang-Xun Gao, and Chao Huang "Circumcision using CO₂ laser: report of 860 cases", Proc. SPIE 1616, International Conference on Photodynamic Therapy and Laser Medicine, (5 March 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.137054

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