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Successful endoscopic laser surgery requires practice and attention to detail for patient and equipment safety. The videoendoscope itself is at risk of serious damage.

Quartz fibers (Nd:YAG‐Diode lasers) and waveguides (CO₂ laser) can be relatively fragile and random laser energy escapes when they break. Carbon dioxide laser waveguides are highly polished semi‐flexible tubes and generally not flexible enough to pass safely through an endoscopic biopsy channel. Inserted in other ways can also overstress the waveguide, so the author rarely uses the CO₂ laser in deep areas. The Nd:YAG and diode and some other lasers are commonly delivered endoscopically through much more flexible quartz fibers.