Comparative study on laser tissue ablation between PV and HPS lasers

Hyun Wook Kang; David Jebens; Gerald Mitchell; Ed Koullick

doi:10.1117/12.760075

8 February 2008 Comparative study on laser tissue ablation between PV and HPS lasers

Hyun Wook Kang, David Jebens, Gerald Mitchell, Ed Koullick

Proceedings Volume 6842, Photonic Therapeutics and Diagnostics IV; 68420X (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.760075
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2008, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

Laser therapy for obstructive benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) has gained broad adoption due to effective tissue removal, immediate hemostasis, and minor complications. The aim of this study is to quantitatively compare ablation characteristics of PV (Photoselective Vaporization) and the newly introduced HPS (High Performance System) 532 nm lasers. Bovine prostatic tissues were ablated in vitro, using a custom-made scanning system. Laser-induced volume produced by two lasers was quantified as a function of applied power, fiber working distance (WD), and treatment speed. Given the same power of 80 W and speed of 4 mm/s, HPS created up to 50 % higher tissue ablation volume than PV did. PV induced a rapid decrease of ablation volume when WD increased from 0.5 mm to 3 mm while HPS yielded almost constant tissue removal up to 3 mm for both 80 W and 120 W. As the treatment speed increased, both lasers reached saturation in tissue ablation volume. Lastly, both PV and HPS lasers exhibited approximately 1 mm thick heat affected zone (HAZ) in this study although HPS created twice deeper ablation channels with a depth of up to 4 mm. Due to a smaller beam size and a higher output power, HPS maximized tissue ablation rate with minimal thermal effects to the adjacent tissue. Furthermore, more collimated beam characteristics provides more spatial flexibility and may even help to decrease the rate of fiber degradation associated with thermal damage from debris reattachment to the tip.

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Hyun Wook Kang, David Jebens, Gerald Mitchell, and Ed Koullick "Comparative study on laser tissue ablation between PV and HPS lasers", Proc. SPIE 6842, Photonic Therapeutics and Diagnostics IV, 68420X (8 February 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.760075

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