In vitro comparison between argon beam coagulator and Nd:YAG laser in lung contraction therapy

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1485-1488

  Sawabata, Noriyoshi ^a   Nezu, Kunimoto ^a   Tojo, Takashi ^a   Kitamura, Soichiro ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARGON LASER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; LASER SURGERY; LUNG; LUNG INJURY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NEODYMIUM LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030296374     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(96)00753-9     Document Type: Article

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