Initial studies of holmium:YAG laser creation of spinal defects in fetal rabbits: Model for urologic effects of myelomeningocele

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 199-203

  Calvano, Christopher J ^a,c   Reddy, Pramod P ^a   Moran, Michael E ^a   Boyle, Karen E ^a   Housley, H Tamiko ^b   Jennings, Russell W ^b   Harrison, Michael R ^b   Mandell, James ^a  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMNION FLUID; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAUTERIZATION; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS SURGERY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOLMIUM LASER; LAMINECTOMY; LAPAROTOMY; LUMBAR SPINE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SUTURE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0031801562     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.1998.12.199     Document Type: Article

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