Cerullo L J, Burke L P
Surg Clin North Am. 1984 Oct;64(5):995-1000. doi: 10.1016/s0039-6109(16)43442-0.
The laser has become the neurosurgical tool of the 1980s. In neurosurgery, the most important attribute of the laser is its ability to precisely vaporize tissue with minimal mechanical and thermal damage to the surrounding sensitive structures. Although the Nd:YAG laser has use in this medical specialty, the CO2 laser, with its immediate absorption in water, with resultant minimization of scatter and spread to surrounding and deeper tissue, is the most useful laser in neurosurgery and the focus of this article.
激光已成为20世纪80年代的神经外科工具。在神经外科手术中，激光最重要的特性是它能够精确地汽化组织，同时对周围敏感结构造成最小的机械和热损伤。尽管钕钇铝石榴石（Nd:YAG）激光已应用于这一医学专业，但二氧化碳（CO2）激光因其在水中能立即被吸收，从而使散射最小化，并减少向周围和深部组织的扩散，是神经外科手术中最有用的激光，也是本文的重点。
