Comparison of full thickness skin graft "take" after excision with the carbon dioxide laser and scalpel

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 206-214

  Schmidt, Brian L ^a   Pogrel, M A ^a   Regezi, Joseph A ^a   Smith, Robert ^b   Necoechea, Marcos ^b   Kearns, Gerard ^a   Azaz, Badri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CELL DIVISION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; GUINEA PIG; HEMOSTASIS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LASER SURGERY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; EVALUATION STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; GUINEA PIGS; HEMOSTATIC TECHNIQUES; LASER SURGERY; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION CONDITIONING;

EID: 0031065221     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1079-2104(97)90007-X     Document Type: Article

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