Laser surgery in podiatric medicine--present and future.

Laser surgery in podiatric medicine is now in its most formative stages. Foot surgery lends itself to the utilization of the laser technique very readily. At the present time the laser is utilized in foot surgery at Sinai Hospital in Detroit for eradication of plantar verrucae, for excision of Morton's neuroma, for common nail pathology such as ingrown borders and traumatic ram's horn nails, and for correction of mycotic nail plates.