A new method for the treatment of fibromas: Interstitial laser hyperthermia using the Nd:YAG laser preliminary study

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 73-78

  Jourdain, Olivier ^a   Roux, Denis ^a   Cambon, Dominique ^a   Dallay, Dominique ^a  

^a HÔPITAL PELLEGRIN   (France)

Author keywords

Fibroma; Interstitial hyperthermia; Laparoscopy; Myolysis; Nd:YAG laser

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIBROMA; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LASER SURGERY; NEODYMIUM LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOISOTOPE THERAPY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0030047438     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-2115(95)02248-1     Document Type: Article

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