Proof of concept for the sapphire scalpel combining tissue dissection and optical diagnosis.
Irina N DolganovaDaria A VarvinaIrina A ShikunovaAnna I AlekseevaPavel A KaralkinMaxim R KuznetsovPavel V NikitinArsen K ZotovElena E MukhinaGleb M KatybaKirill I ZaytsevValery V TuchinVladimir N KurlovPublished in: Lasers in surgery and medicine (2021)
Our findings justified a strong potential of the sapphire scalpel for surgical oncology. However, further research and engineering efforts are required to optimize the sapphire scalpel geometry and the optical diagnosis protocols to meet the requirements of oncosurgery, including diagnosis and resection of neoplasms with different localizations and nosologies.