Circumferential measurement of anulus deviation after laser nucleotomy

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 77-83

  Kutschera, Hans Paul ^a,c   Buchelt, Martin ^b   Lack, Werner ^a   Beer, Rudolf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c University of Vienna   (Austria)

Author keywords

Hol:YAG laser; intervertebral disc; pressure measurement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY;

BIOMECHANICS; DISKECTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LASER SURGERY;

EID: 0030980049     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(1997)20:1<77::AID-LSM12>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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