Surgical Lasers Market
Lasers are used in surgeries such as vocal cord, cervical, lung, penile, skin, vaginal, and vulvar surgeries, as these are some of the difficult to treat location areas. Laser surgery is also used for palliative surgery in cancer patients, in order to help the patient feel better or function better even though it may not treat the cancer. For instance, the surgery may involve the removal of a growth, which is making it difficult for a patient to eat comfortably.
Market Dynamics
Increasing number of surgical procedures across the globe is likely to drive overall growth of the surgical laser market during the forecast period. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), cataract is the prominent eye disorder and around 42 million people were affected by severe loss of vision, with cataract being the main cause in 2014 among 116 countries that were studied. According to an estimation released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the total number of cataract patients worldwide is expected to increase to 30.1 million by 2020.
Medical lasers are extensively used for various types of cosmetic surgeries, including the removal of certain kinds of birthmarks, port-wine stains, reddish purple skin blotches, and others. The use of lasers in oral and maxillofacial surgery has witnessed a substantial increase in both, applications of lasers for different techniques and the number of surgeons opting to use them.
Some of the disadvantages of laser surgery such as scattered and reflected laser beams that pose massive health hazard to the operator, assistants, and patients, and high cost of the procedure and operator training are expected to hinder the surgical lasers market growth over the forecast period.
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