Lasers cut precisely and without contact—ideal for surgery. The problem is that in hard tissues such as bone, they are too slow and do not cut deep enough. Researchers at the University of Basel have ...

Removing bone tissue with a laser rather than a bone saw is a potential route to faster healing after surgery and reduced risk of contamination. The process, termed laser osteotomy, could eventually ...

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Laser therapy reduces bleeding and post-operative pain compared to osseous surgery by cauterizing nerve endings and blood vessels. The procedure targets diseased tissue specifically, leaving healthy ...

Laser bone cutting, or osteotomy, is a potentially attractive route to precise removal of bone during surgery, but clinical translation remains limited by slower cutting speeds and ablation depths ...

When a bone break is too severe to heal on its own, surgeons often rely on grafts or rigid metal implants — but both come with serious drawbacks. Now, researchers at ETH Zurich have created a ...

Cochlear implant surgery helps people with severe hearing loss by placing an electronic device inside the inner ear. To reach the inner ear, surgeons must first remove part of a bone behind the ear, ...

Ferda Canbaz demonstrates the depth of cuts that can be achieved with lasers when the energy profile of the laser beam is adjusted. Lasers cut precisely and without contact – ideal for surgery. The ...