Temperature-controlled laser photocoagulation of soft tissue: In vivo evaluation using a tissue welding model

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 335-344

  Poppas, Dix P ^a   Stewart, Robert B ^b   Mathieu Massicotte, J ^a   Wolga, Andrea E ^b   Kung, Robert T V ^b   Retik, Alan B ^a   Freeman, Michael R ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Abiomed   (United States)

Author keywords

porcine; skin; solder; tensile strength; thermal denaturation

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LASER COAGULATION; NEODYMIUM LASER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMAL INJURY;

ANIMALS; HEAT; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; SKIN; SWINE; SWINE, MINIATURE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 0029871461     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(1996)18:4<335::AID-LSM2>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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