Almost every medical surgery in which a removal of tissue is required or a cut needs to be made, can be done with a laser.

In general, the results of surgery using lasers are better than the results using a surgical knife.

The Advantages of Laser Surgery:

• Dry field of surgery, because laser energy seals small blood vessels.
• Less postoperative pain, because of the sealing of nerve ends.
• No contact with mechanical instruments, so sterilization is built in.
• Clear field of view, because no mechanical instrument blocks it.
• Possible wavelength specific reaction of specific colors of biological tissue.
• Possibility to perform microsurgery under a microscope. The laser beam passes through the same microscope.
• Possibility to perform surgical procedures inside the body without opening it, using optical fibers to transmit the laser beam.
• The laser can be used as a precise cutting tool.
• It can be controlled by a computer, and operate with a very small area of effect under a microscope.