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Last updated: 11/24/2009

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BOOKS

Carlson, Karen J., et. al. The Harvard Guide to Women's Health. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1996.

PERIODICALS

"Laser Procedures for Nearsightedness."FDA Consumer (Jan./Feb....

1996): 2.

"Laser Resurfacing Slows the Hands of Time."Harvard Health Letter (Aug. 1996): 4-5.

"Lasers."Mayo Clinic Health Letter (July 1994): 1-3.

"Lasers: Bright Lights of the Medical World."Cosmopolitan (May 1995): 262-265.

"Lasers for Skin Surgery."Harvard Women's Health Watch (Mar. 1997): 2-3.

"Lasers–Hope or Hype?"American Health (June 1994): 68-72, 103.

"New Cancer Therapies That Ease Pain, Extend Life."Cancer Smart (June 1997): 8-10.

"New Laser Surgery for Angina."HealthNews (6 May 1997): 3-4.

"Saving Face."Essence (Aug. 1997), 24, 26, 28.

ORGANIZATIONS

American Society for Dermatologic Surgery. 930 N. Meacham Road, P.O. Box 4014, Schaumburg, IL 60168-4014. (847) 330-9830. .

American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery. 2404 Stewart Square, Wausau, WI 54401.(715) 845-9283. .

Cancer Information Service. 9000 Rockville Pike, Building 31, Suite 10A18, Bethesda, MD 20892. 1-800-4-CANCER. .

Mayo Clinic. Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery. 200 First Street. SW, Rochester, MN 55905. (507) 284-2511. .

Mayo Clinic. Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, 200 First Street. SW, Rochester, MN 55905. (507) 284-2511. .

National Cancer Institute. Building 31, Room 10A31, 31 Center Drive, MSC 2580, Bethesda, MD 20892-2580. (800) 422-6237. .

OTHER

"Complications of Dermatologic Laser Surgery." 2 Nov. 2001 .

"Facts About Laser Surgery."Glaucoma Research Foundation Page. 12 Mar. 1998 .

Haggerty, Maureen. "ASLMS Guidelines for Office-Based Laser Procedures."A Healthy Me Page. 19 Mar. 1998 .

"Refractive Eye Surgery."Mayo Clinic Online. 15 Mar. 1998 .

"What is Laser?"The American Society for Dermatologic Surgery Page. 19 Mar. 1998 .

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Laser surgery is surgery using a laser to cut tissue instead of a scalpel. Examples include the use of a laser scalpel in otherwise conventional surgery, and soft tissue laser surgery, in which the laser beam vaporizes soft tissue with high water content. Laser resurfacing is a technique in which molecular bonds of a material are dissolved by a laser.

Laser surgery is commonly used on the eye. Techniques used include LASIK, which is used to correct near- and far-sightedness in vision, and photorefractive keratectomy, a procedure which permanently reshapes the cornea using an excimer laser to remove a small amount of tissue.

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_surgery

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