What Pet Owners Say About Laser Surgery What is a laser? LASER
stands for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of
Radiation. A laser is an opto-electronic device that produces
highly concentrated light rays. Laser power may range from
milliWatts (in CD-ROM drives and laser pointers) to dozens of
Watts (industrial and medical applications) and over trillions
of Watts (pulsed lasers in scientific and military
applications). What is laser surgery? Interaction of laser light
with tissue provides a fundamentally different approach to
surgery. In laser surgery, a highly focused laser beam can
efficiently ablate (either vaporize or chip away) the living
tissue. At the same time, it seals (welds) capillaries, small
blood vessels, lymphatics, and nerve endings, with significant
benefits to both patients and surgeons. What is the most
efficient soft-tissue surgical laser? Soft Tissue Laser Surgery
is different from Hard Tissue Laser Surgery (bones and teeth in
dentistry) and Laser Eye Surgery (eye sight correctiv