Heat-resistant cylindrical diffuser for interstitial laser coagulation: Comparison with the bare-tip fiber in a porcine liver model

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 304-309

  Heisterkamp, Joos ^a,b   Van Hillegersberg, Richard ^a,b   Sinofsky, Ed ^a,b   Uzermans, Johannes N M ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Rare Earth Medical   (United States)

Author keywords

liver; metastases; optical fibers; photocoagulation; thermotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; HEAT TOLERANCE; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER SURGERY; LIVER METASTASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID TUMOR; SWINE;

ANIMALS; LASER COAGULATION; LIVER; SWINE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0030993756     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(1997)20:3<304::AID-LSM9>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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