Smoke from laser surgery: Is there a health hazard?

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1987, Pages 376-382

  Nezhat, Camran ^a   Winer, Wendy K ^a   Nezhat, Farr ^a   Nezhat, Ceana ^a   Forrest, Deborah ^b   Reeves, William G ^c  

^a Fertility and Endocrinology Center ^*  (United States)

^b Forrest Consulting Company ^*  (United States)

^c KIMBERLY CLARK CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon dioxide laser plume; endometriosis; gynecology; hazards; laparoscopy; particulate sampling; respirable particles

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MASK; PARTICLE SIZE; SMOKE; UTERUS CANCER;

ADULT; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MASKS; MIDDLE AGE; PARTICLE SIZE; SMOKE; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0023489598     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.1900070414     Document Type: Article

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