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Cynosure, Inc.
Companies provide equipment for revolutionary surgery at Walter Reed
April 10th, 2005
A first-of-its-kind surgery was performed at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC, on a soldier suffering a bullet wound to the throat during his tour of duty in Iraq. Using a surgical pulsed dye laser (PDL) from Cynosure, Inc., (Chelmsford, Massachusetts) and an endoscopic video imaging system from Pentax Medical Co., a division of Pentax of America (Montvale, New Jersey), a triple procedure was performed to treat a cyst, a granuloma, and severe scarring in the soldier's larynx (voice box) that developed following critical reconstructive surgery. The bullet created such a substantial amount of damage that operating with the usual...
Source: Aging & Elder Health Week (2005-04-10)
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