Infrared Laser Effect on Healthy and Ossified Costal Cartilage: The Development of Stable Load-Bearing Autoimplants.
Yulia M AlexandrovskayaOlga I BaumAlexey V YuzhakovValery M SvistushkinAlexey V BuzmakovYuriy S KrivonosovBoris S RoshchinDenis A ZolotovPublished in: Lasers in surgery and medicine (2020)
The main challenge for laser reshaping of aged cartilage is the presence of ossifications. However, the new stable curvature can be obtained with adjustment of laser power. To obtain the satisfying stable curvature of an implant the ossified volumes should be avoided The laser-induced stress-relaxation mechanism for aged cartilage can be particularly different from that of healthy tissue and the optimal laser regimes should be specified. Lasers Surg. Med. © 2020 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.