Pulsed CO2 laser tissue ablation: Effect of tissue type and pulse duration on thermal damage

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 108-118

  Walsh , Joseph T ^a   Flotte, Thomas J ^a   Anderson, R Rox ^a   Deutsch, Thomas F ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

infrared laser ablation; modeling; tissue damage; tissue denaturation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; COMPLICATION; ETIOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; NONHUMAN; SWINE; THERMAL INJURY; TISSUE INJURY; WOUND HEALING; ANIMAL; AORTA; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CORNEA; GUINEA PIG; HEART INJURY; IN VITRO STUDY; INJURY; LASER SURGERY; SKIN;

ANIMAL; AORTA; CATTLE; CORNEA; GUINEA PIGS; HEART INJURIES; IN VITRO; LASER SURGERY; SKIN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

EID: 0023818814     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.1900080204     Document Type: Article

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