Laser Surgery and Medicine Including PDT in China To-Day

摘要

The development of laser medicine in China is correlated with the development of laser science in China. After the first chinese laser, ruby laser came into being in 1961, Chinese medical scientists began to do the studies about laser medicine in the middle 1960's. for example, ruby laser was adopted for the retina coagulation experiment in 1965. Since 1970's, through the free choice of utilizing Co2, He-Ne, Nd:YAG, argon, ruby lasers, laser surgery and medicine has been widely applied to the treatment for diseases of the eyes, ENT, dermatology, surgery, gynecology, tumors and diseases suitable to physical therapy or acupuncture with satisfactory effects. In June 1977, a nation-wide laser medicine symposium was held at Wuhan, Hubei Province with 200 participants including medical doctors and laser technologies from 23 provinces and municipal towns. Till the end of serventies, utilization of lasers has been extended to Nd glass laser, N laser and tunable dye lasers. The scope covered most of the clinical sections.