The LightScalpel LS-1005 and LS-2010 CO2 Laser Systems are FDA cleared and intended for use in laser surgery procedures for incision, excision, vaporization, ablation, and/or coagulation of soft tissue in specialties such as: general surgery, dermatology, gynecology, dentistry and oral surgery, otorhinolaryngology (ENT), plastic and reconstructive surgery, orthopedic surgery, neurosurgery, podiatry, and urology.
Dermatology / Plastic Surgery:
Incision, Excision, Ablation, and Vaporization of soft tissue for performance of or treatment of: laser skin resurfacing; laser dermabrasion; laser burn debridement; wrinkles, rhytids, and furrows; keratosis, including actinic and seborrheic keratosis, seborrhoecae vulgares, seborrheci wart, and verruca seborrheica; vermilionectomy of the lip; cutaneous horns; solar/actinic elastosis; cheilitis, including actinic cheilitis; lentigines, including lentigo maligna or Hutchinson’s malignant freckle; uneven pigmentation/dyschromia; acne scars; surgical scars; keloids, including acne keloidalis nuchae; hemangiomas, including Buccal, port wine, and pyogenic granulomas/granuloma, pyogenicum/granuloma telagiectaticum; telangiectasias; removal of small skin tumors, including periungual (Koenen) and subungual fibromas; superficial pigmented lesions; adenosebaceous hypertrophy or sebaceous hyperplasia; rhinophyma reduction; cutaneous papilloma (skin tags); milia; debridement of eczematous or infected skin; basal & squamous cell carcinoma, including keratoacanthomas, Bowen’s disease (Erythroplasia of Queyrat), and Bowenoid Papulosis (BP) lesions; nevi, including spider, epidermal, and protruding; neurofibromas; laser de-epithelialization; trichoepitheliomas; xanthelasma palpebrarum; syringoma; complete or partial nail matrixectomy; benign/malignant vascular/avascular skin lesions; Mohs surgery; lipectomy; verrucae and seborrhoecae vulgares, including: paronychial, periungal, and subungual warts; blepharoplasty; and hair transplantation site preparation.
Dental and Oral Surgery:
Gingivectomy – Removal of hyperplasias; gingivoplasty; papillectomy; vestibuloplasty; epulis; sulcular debridement; removal of soft tissue, cysts, and fibroma (non-malignant tumor, mucosa, tongue); extraction site hemostasis; treatment of ulcerous lesions, including aphthous ulcers; a heat source to activate tooth bleaching materifrals; Laser Assisted New Attachment Procedure (cementum-mediated periodontal ligament new attachment to the root surface in the absence of long junctional epithelium); Frenum release / frenectomy; abscess (drainage); flap surgery; biopsy (incisional & excisional); aphthous ulcers (incision & excision); excision & ablation of lesions, benign & malignant lesions, oral cavity tumors, and hemangiomas; salivary gland pathologies; preprosthetic gum preparation, leukoplakia; partial glossectomy; periodontal gum resection; homeostasis; operculectomy; crown lengthening (soft tissue); incision of infection when used with antibiotic therapy; extraction site hemostasis.
Otorhinolaryngology / ENT:
Laser incision, excision, ablation, vaporization, and / or photocoagulation of soft tissue for the treatment of: leukoplakia, including oral, larynx, uvula, palatal, and upper lateral pharyngeal tissue; adult and juvenile papillomatosis polyps; lymphangioma removal; removal of recurrent papillomas in the oral cavity, nasal cavity, larynx, pharynx, and trachea, including the uvula, palatal, upper lateral pharyngeal tissue, tongue, and vocal cords; stenosis, including subglottic stenosis; tonsillectomy (including tonsillar cryptolysis and neoplasma) and tonsil ablation / tonsillotomy; benign and malignant tumors and fibromas (oral); superficial lesions of the ear, including chondrodermatitis nondularis chronica helices / Winkler’s disease; uvulopalatoplasty (LAUP, laser UPPP); turbinectomy and turbinate reduction / ablation; septal spur ablation/reduction and septoplasty; partial glossectomy; tumor resection of oral, subfacial, and neck tissues; rhinophyma; verrucae vulgares (warts); gingivoplasty / gingivectomy.
Podiatry:
Laser excision, ablation, and /or vaporization of soft tissue for the reduction, removal and/or treatment of: Verrucae vulgares / plantar warts, including paronychial, periungual, and subungual warts; fungal nail treatment; matrixectomy – partial and complete; porokeratoma ablation; neuromas/fibromas, including Morton’s neuroma removal; ingrown toenail treatment; debridement of ulcers; treatment of other soft tissue lesions.
And much more…
Ask your doctor if you are a candidate for LightScalpel laser surgery.
