Use of CO₂ Laser in Head and Neck Surgery: NHS Grampian Experience

There has been an increasing number of laser assisted surgical procedures in the Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT). Lasers have first been used in laryngeal surgery in 1972, when Strong and Jako reported the use of carbon dioxide laser (CO2) in the human larynx [1]. Despite initial criticism, endoscopic laser treatments have achieved universal acceptance and been successfully used in Endo-laryngeal