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  • Title: Diode laser for paediatric airway procedures: a useful tool.
    Author: Bajaj Y, Pegg D, Gunasekaran S, Knight LC.
    Journal: Int J Clin Pract; 2010 Jan; 64(1):51-4. PubMed ID: 18422597.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: A wide range of lasers have been used in the larynx. Diode laser is a portable and relatively inexpensive laser which is delivered via a glass fibre hand-held probe. The objective of this study was to report our experience with the use of diode laser in a variety of paediatric airway pathologies. METHODS: In this study, 90 diode laser laryngeal procedures were performed on 31 patients in the age range of 1 month to 16 years at the time of the operation. The follow up after the procedure has been in the range of 6 months to 3 years. RESULTS: As per our records 19/31 (61.3%) patients have been cured of their initial pathologies and were not under further review, 3/31 (9.6%) were having repeated laser treatments. The remaining 9/31 (29.0%) had to undergo further treatment. There was no laser-related intra-operative or postoperative complications. CONCLUSIONS: Diode laser is a good tool for several paediatric laryngeal pathologies. The ability to guide the laser light using the flexible glass fibre directly onto the area requiring vapourisation enables very precise treatment.
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