Comparison of flash lamp pulsed-dye laser (585 nm) and conventional surgery in the delay of random dorsal rat flaps

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 178-186

  Cohen, Meir ^a   Kattan, Avi ^a   Gat, Andrea ^a   Almogi, Nehama ^a   Katzir, Abraham ^b   Villan, Anita ^a   Gur, Eyal ^a   Shafir, Raphael ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Animal study; Skin flap

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PHOTOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; RAT; SKIN FLAP; SKIN NECROSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; NECROSIS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SKIN; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 0032865091     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(1999)25:2<178::AID-LSM12>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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