Surgimedics.com - Research Articles for Surgical Smoke Evacuation

Carbon dioxide laser energy is absorbed by intracellular water but not by proteins or nucleic acids. The possibility of dispersing viral DNA during laser therapy of human papillomavirus containing genital infections was explored using a filter hybridization technique.  Samples were taken using dacron swabs from 110 patients in nine separate treatment sessions as wll as from five pre-filter canisters.