The evolution of corneal and refractive surgery with the femtosecond laser

A Aristeidou, EV Taniguchi, M Tsatsos, R Muller… - Eye and Vision, 2015 - Springer
The use of femtosecond lasers has created an evolution in modern corneal and refractive
surgery. With accuracy, safety, and repeatability, eye surgeons can utilize the femtosecond …

Medical applications of rose bengal‐and riboflavin‐photosensitized protein crosslinking

RW Redmond, IE Kochevar - Photochemistry and photobiology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
This review summarizes research on many of the potential applications of photosensitized
crosslinking of tissue proteins in surgery and current knowledge of the photochemical …

Optical clearing of tissues: issues of antimicrobial phototherapy and drug delivery

VV Tuchin, EA Genina, ES Tuchina… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2022 - Elsevier
This review presents principles and novelties in the field of tissue optical clearing (TOC)
technology, as well as application for optical monitoring of drug delivery and effective …

Gold nanorods as new nanochromophores for photothermal therapies

F Ratto, P Matteini, S Centi, F Rossi… - Journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Results and perspectives on the biomedical exploitation of gold nanorods with plasmon
resonances in the near infrared window are reported. The authors describe experimental …

Optically activated and interrogated plasmonic hydrogels for applications in wound healing

A Milanesi, G Magni, S Centi, G Schifino… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We disclose the use of hybrid materials featuring Au/Ag core/shell nanorods in porous
chitosan/polyvinyl alcohol scaffolds for applications in tissue engineering and wound …

Light‐activated sealing of skin wounds

N Xu, M Yao, W Farinelli, Z Hajjarian… - Lasers in surgery …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Objectives We have developed a light‐activated technology for rapidly
sealing skin surgical wounds called photochemical tissue bonding (PTB). The goals of this …

Amendments of weld formation in human skin laser soldering

D Ryabkin, I Meglinsk… - Journal of Biophotonics, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A computational modeling is employed for quantitative assessment of weld formation and
area of tissue temperature necrosis during the human skin laser soldering. The evaluation is …

In vivo laser assisted microvascular repair and end‐to‐end anastomosis by means of indocyanine green‐infused chitosan patches: A pilot study

G Esposito, F Rossi, P Matteini… - Lasers in surgery …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background and Objectives Laser‐based repairing techniques offer several
advantages respect to standard suturing in microsurgery. In this work we evaluate the …

Effect of preloading force on capability of laser welding for skin tissue

C Li, J Huang, M Zhang, Y Chen, T Liu… - Optics and Lasers in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Laser assisted suture has become a focus in surgical suture research due to its many
advantages, but the current research on the details is not deep enough. To improve the …

Overview on the evolution of laser welding of vascular and nervous tissues

DF Gomes, I Galvão, MAR Loja - Applied Sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Laser welding presents a core position in the health sector. This process has had an
outstanding impact on the surgical procedures from many medical areas, such as on …