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.

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

Organisation Name: Technology Assessment Unit of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC)

Contact Address: Technology Assessment Unit of the MUHC, Centre for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE), Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, 5252 boul. de Maisonneuve, Bureau 3F.50, Montreal, Quebec H4A 3S5

Contact Name: nandini.dendukuri@mcgill.ca

Contact Email: nandini.dendukuri@mcgill.ca

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