Bladder welding in rats using controlled temperature CO2 laser system

Journal of Urology

Volumn 161, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1662-1665

  Lobik, Leonid ^b   Ravid, Avi ^b   Nissenkorn, Israel ^a   Kariv, Naam ^b   Bernheim, Joelle ^b   Katzir, Abraham ^b  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bladder; Laser; Welding

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER SURGERY; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LASER SURGERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WELDING;

EID: 0032825155     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)69000-3     Document Type: Article

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