Soft-tissue effects of the holmium:YAG laser: An ultrastructural study on oral mucosa

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 265-271

  Kautzky, Michael ^a   Susani, Martin ^a   Steurer, Martin ^a   Schenk, Peter ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Hol:YAG laser surgery; infrared laser; mucous membrane; photoablation; ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; HOLMIUM LASER; INFRARED RADIATION; LAMINA PROPRIA; MOUTH MUCOSA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAT; TISSUE INJURY;

ANIMALS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MOUTH MUCOSA; RATS;

EID: 0030917992     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(1997)20:3<265::AID-LSM5>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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