Transendoscopic laser treatment of rostral displacement of the palatopharyngeal arch in four horses

Journal of Clinical Laser Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 49-52

  Blikslager, Anthony T ^a   Tate, Lloyd P ^a   Tudor, Rebecca ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER TISSUE INTERACTION; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; NEODYMIUM LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

PALATOPHARYNGEAL ARCH; TRANSENDOSCOPIC LASER TREATMENT;

LASER SURGERY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DISLOCATION; LARYNX CARTILAGE; LARYNX DISORDER; LASER SURGERY; NONHUMAN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; YAG LASER;

EID: 0032922176     PISSN: 10445471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/clm.1999.17.49     Document Type: Article

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