Erbium laser in middle ear surgery: In vitro and in vivo animal study

Laryngoscope

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 418-422

  Shah, Udayan K ^b   Poe, Dennis S ^a,c,e   Rebeiz, Elie E ^a,d   Perrault Jr , Donald F ^a,d   Pankratov, Michail M ^a,d   Shapshay, Stanley M ^a,d  

^a LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERBIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL NERVE SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LASER SURGERY; MASTOIDECTOMY; MIDDLE EAR SURGERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RAT; STAPEDOTOMY;

EID: 0029874241     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-199604000-00006     Document Type: Article

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