High-power diode laser in neurosurgery: Clinical experience in 30 cases

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-40

  Devaux, Bertrand C ^a   Roux, François Xavier ^a   Nataf, François ^a   Turak, Barish ^a   Cioloca, Corneliu ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER SAINTE ANNE   (France)

Author keywords

Diode laser; Neuroendoscopy; Surgical lasers; Tumor removal

Indexed keywords

ARGON LASER; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIODE LASER; ENDOSCOPY; ERGOMETRY; FIBEROSCOPE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; NEODYMIUM LASER; SEMICONDUCTOR; VAPORIZATION; VASCULAR TUMOR; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY;

EID: 0032125157     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(98)00042-1     Document Type: Article

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