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MeSH Heading: Laser Therapy
Tree Number(s): E02.594; E04.014.520
Unique ID: D053685
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D053685
Annotation: general; prefer specifics or specific laser term/ ther use; coordinate with disease and/or organ /‌surg; LOW-LEVEL LIGHT THERAPY is also available; laser surgery of cataract = LASER SURGERY (IM) see LASER THERAPY + CATARACT EXTRACTION (IM)
Scope Note: The use of photothermal effects of LASERS to coagulate, incise, vaporize, resect, dissect, or resurface tissue.
Entry Term(s): Laser Ablation; Laser Knife; Laser Knives; Laser Photoablation of Tissue; Laser Scalpel; Laser Surgery; Laser Tissue Ablation; Nonablative Laser Treatment; Pulsed Laser Tissue Ablation; Surgery, Laser; Vaporization, Laser
NLM Classification #: WO 511
See Also: Lasers
Public MeSH Note: 2008; for LASER SURGERY, LASER SCALPEL , LASER KNIFE, and VAPORIZATION, LASER see LASER SURGERY 1987-2007
History Note: 2008
Date Established: 2008/01/01
Date of Entry: 2007/07/09
Revision Date: 2015/07/13

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects (AE)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

ethics (ES)

history (HI)

instrumentation (IS)

methods (MT)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

psychology (PX)

standards (ST)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

trends (TD)

veterinary (VE)

Concept UI: M0012247
Terms: Vaporization, Laser Preferred Term
Term UI T023409
Date06/20/1986
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Pulsed Laser Tissue Ablation
Term UI T676689
Date06/23/2006
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2007); Laser Photoablation of Tissue
Term UI T676690
Date06/23/2006
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2007); Laser Tissue Ablation
Term UI T677699
Date07/11/2006
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2008); Laser Ablation
Term UI T682957
Date10/05/2006
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2008)

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