Photoablation of bone by excimer laser radiation

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 153-158

  Walter, Markus L ^a   Domes, Michael E ^a   Diller, Ricarda A ^a   Sproedt, Julia ^a   Joosten, Uwe H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Microsurgery of the bone; Neurosurgery; Orthopedics; Ultraviolet laser radiation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EXCIMER LASER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFRARED RADIATION; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MICROSURGERY; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKULL;

ANIMALS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SKULL; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0032839805     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(1999)25:2<153::AID-LSM9>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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