532 nm KTP laser for vocal fold surgery
Xie X, McGregor M
Record ID 32012000903
English
Authors' recommendations:
- Use of KTP for laryngeal surgery is still innovative. Approved in Canada in 2011, there is still only one Canadian
centre using this technology.
- There are seven publications describing the use of KTP, five of which derive from the same group of authors. These
indicate that it is a safe, effective technology for the treatment of several laryngeal pathologies.
- However, there are presently no published data to indicate thatthe KTP laser produces clinically better outcomes or
is safer than the presently available CO2 laser.
- Unlike the CO2 laser, the KTP laser can be used in an office setting for a certain number of cases. Assuming a total
of 60 procedures per year, and assuming that with the use of KTP 30 of these could be carried out in the outpatient
clinic, the cost per procedure using the CO2 and KTP instruments would be $1,865 and $1,652, respectively. This
would diminish pressure on the OR and reduce wait times for this procedure.
Details
Project Status:
Completed
Year Published:
2012
URL for published report:
http://www.mcgill.ca/tau/files/tau/muhc_tau_2012_61_ktp_a.pdf
English language abstract:
An English language summary is available
Publication Type:
Not Assigned
Country:
Canada
MeSH Terms
- Humans
- Laryngeal Diseases
- Laryngectomy
- Laser Therapy
- Vocal Cords
Contact
Organisation Name:
Technology Assessment Unit of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC)
Contact Address:
Technology Assessment Unit of the MUHC, 536-5100 Boul. Maisonneuve O, Montreal, H4A 3T2
Contact Name:
eva.suarthana@mcgill.ca
Contact Email:
nisha.almeida@muhc.mcgill.ca
Copyright:
Technology Assessment Unit of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC)
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