How can a laser assist the surgeon and does it actually benefit me or is laser just a gimmick?
Good question. Laser is just a hot knife preventing any local bleeding when it comes to surgery. The units avail for us are a bit cumbersome a their use requires a lot of extra expense. I was part of a Hand Surgeon’s focus group on this issue. The consensus is that little would be gained. The only case of laser use for ECTR that I am aware of resulted in a severe complication-see Bibliography.
