Uses of Diode (810 Nanometer Wave Length) and CO2 Lasers in Treatment of Juvenile Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis in Comparison with Conventional Surgical Technique
Abstract
ABSTRACTBackground: Juvenile recurrent respiratory papillomatosis is a rare disease which involves the age group of infancy and children. The behavior of the disease is aggressive with high recurrence and because patients need multiple sessions of surgical intervention, complications post-operatively are suspected to occur like scarring, web and stenosis.
Objectives: To evaluate the benefit of diode Laser after ten sessions regarding time of recurrence and post-operative complications in comparison with other modalities.
Methods: Twenty patients of juvenile recurrent respiratory papillomatosis were treated at the otolaryngology department, Al-Yarmouk Teaching Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq. During a period from 1990 to 2008, eight of them managed by conventional surgery and another eight patients by CO2 laser, and four patients treated by diode laser.
Results: Regarding the time of recurrence, the diode take longer time than the conventional method without post-operative complication.
Conclusion: Diode laser can be used with the same benefit with other types of laser.
Keywords: Diode laser, CO2 laser, Laryngeal papillomatosis.
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