Laser irradiation of biological tissue through water as a means of reducing thermal damage

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 407-412

  Shalhav, Arieh ^a   Wallach Kapon, Ruti ^b   Akselrod, Solange ^b   Katzir, Abraham ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

cavitation effect; laser surgery; thermal damage

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CORNEA SURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LASER SURGERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERMAL INJURY; TISSUE INJURY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CORNEA; IMMERSION; LASER SURGERY; WATER;

EID: 0030456379     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(1996)19:4<407::AID-LSM4>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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