Effect of a modified Nd:YAG laser technique on neuroma formation: An experimental study in rat sciatic nerve

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 213-218

  Menovsky, Thomas ^a   Beek, Johan F ^b   Van Der Bergh Weerman, Marius ^b   Van Overbeeke, Jacobus J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Histology; Laser surgery; Neuroma prevention; Peripheral nerve; Traumatic neuroma

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; FEMALE; LASER SURGERY; NEODYMIUM LASER; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURECTOMY; NEUROMA; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; LASER SURGERY; NEOPLASMS, POST-TRAUMATIC; NEUROMA; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 0032880267     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(1999)25:3<213::AID-LSM4>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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