<title>Laser tissue welding mediated with a protein solder</title>

Acute tensile strength analysis of collagen solder for mesh fixation to the peritoneal surface

“…Although variations in solder thickness may have been a primary cause of the large SD obtained in our tensile strength measurements, other investigators [4,5,7,9,11,12,14,[16][17][18]20] have noted that a number of variables must be controlled and that a large sample size from the same animal is needed to eliminate variability in strength values. It was technically impossible to meet these requirements with our animal models.…”

“…Numerous studies have reported the efficacy of lightactivated solders as a means of welding soft tissues [1,4,5,11,12,16,17,20]. Laser activation provides additional benefits, including the ability to direct the energy source for precise placement of the weld; moreover, it is a method that is compatible with minimally invasive surgical techniques.…”

Comparative In Vitro Study of Tissue Welding Using a 808 nm Diode Laser and a Ho:YAG Laser

“…They are usually mixed with a chromophore (e.g. India ink, methylene blue, indocyanine green) as an absorber, the absorption maximum of which matches the laser wavelength used [22][23][24][25].…”

Intraluminal laser light source and external solder: In vivo evaluation of a new technique for microvascular anastomosis

“…Albumin solder containing the ICG dye in various concentrations, combined with the 808 nm diode laser, have become a standard in soldering biological tissues [26][27][28][29][30][31][32]. In this study, the intraluminal placement of the laser source allows for a circular irradiation that reduces vessel manipulation during the laser soldering process considerably.…”