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History of Lasers in Orthopedic Medicine

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When Albert Einstein first described the theory of stimulated emission in 1917 [10], he probably could not imagine that it would take less than 45 years for the establishment of the frist functional laser system, a ruby red laser constructed by Maiman in 1960 [31]. Already 1 year later this laser was being used clinically to treat dermatologic and ophthalmologic disorders [5, 15, 16].

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  1. Clinique de Chirurgie Orthopédique, Hôpital Pourtalès, Rue de la Maladière 45, 2000, Neuchâtel, Switzerland

    Bruno E. Gerber MD

  2. Arbury Consulting Centre, Manchester Road, Rochdale, OL11 4LZ, UK

    Martin T. N. Knight MD

  3. Orthopädische Klinik Kassel, Wilhelmshöher Allee 345, 34131, Kassel, Germany

    Werner E. Siebert

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Siebert, W.E. (2001). History of Lasers in Orthopedic Medicine. In: Gerber, B.E., Knight, M.T.N., Siebert, W.E. (eds) Lasers in the Musculoskeletal System. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-56420-8_1

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