Safe parameters for laser chondroplasty of the knee

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 141-150

  Janecki, Chet J ^a   Perry, Michael W ^a   Bonati, Alfred O ^a   Bendel, Michelle ^a  

^a Bonati Inst Adv Arthoscopic Surg   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMUR CONDYLE; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; KNEE DISEASE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE SURGERY; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROSCOPY; BIOPSY; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOLMIUM; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LASER SURGERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEONECROSIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0031656231     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(1998)23:3<141::AID-LSM3>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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