Fast and effective skin ablation with an Er:YAG laser: Determination of ablation rates and thermal damage zones

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 242-247

  Hohenleutner, U ^a,b   Hohenleutner, S ^a,b   Baumler W ^a,b   Landthaler, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

2.94 m wavelength; hemostasis; laser dermabrasion; thermal coagulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LASER SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INJURY; SKIN SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YAG LASER;

HEAT; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; NECROSIS; SKIN;

EID: 0030968175     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(1997)20:3<242::AID-LSM2>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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