Erbium:YAG laser sclerectomy with a sapphire optical fiber

Ophthalmic Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 55-58

  McHam, M Lisa ^a   Eisenberg, Dan L ^a   Schuman, Joel S ^a   Wang, Nan ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERBIUM YAG LASER; FIBEROSCOPE; FILTERING OPERATION; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEODYMIUM LASER; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; RABBIT; SCLEROTOMY; THERMAL INJURY;

ANIMALS; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; PILOT PROJECTS; RABBITS; SCLERA; SCLEROSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031043862     PISSN: 0022023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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