Thermo-controlled device for inducing deep coagulation in the liver with the ND:YAG laser

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 149-156

  Orth, Klaus ^a   Russ, Detlef ^a   Duerr, Jochen ^a   Hibst, Raimund ^a   Steiner, Rudolf ^a   Beger, Hans Günther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

laser induced interstitial thermotherapy; Nd:YAG laser surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LASER COAGULATION; LIVER TUMOR; NEODYMIUM LASER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWINE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMORECEPTOR;

ANIMALS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; LASER COAGULATION; LASER SURGERY; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; SWINE;

EID: 0031036852     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(1997)20:2<149::AID-LSM5>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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