[Application of laser rays in surgery (author's transl)].
Some years will have to pass, until there will be evidence, if the application of laser beam in surgery of breastcancer, melanomas or basaliomas will be justified and whether it will be possible or not to interrupt or reduce intraoperative tumor cellspread. As an increasing number of surgeons have started to use laser rays in these cases of illness, results of laser surgery and those of tradional methods could be compared in a couple of years. Possibly other indications for the use of laser than those we have worked out will be outlined in general surgery. Surgeons working with laser beam may discredit the method by putting the indication not rigorusly enough. Greatest care should be taken by everybody who starts working with laser rays. Collaboration with a technician is recommended.