Analysis of electronically pulsed versus quasi-continuous wave carbon dioxide lasers in an animal model.

In this study we sought to compare laser tissue interaction in both the quasi-continuous waveform and electronically pulsed waveform of the carbon dioxide laser. An intramode analysis of the electronically pulsed form (at 350 and 650 pulses per second) was also undertaken. Intraperitoneal laser incisions were made on New Zealand white female virginal rabbits and tested at days 0, 5, 15, and 20.