Optimal parameters for laser tissue soldering. Part I: Tensile strength and scanning electron microscopy analysis

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 319-331

  McNally, Karen M ^a   Sorg, Brian S ^a   Chan, Eric K ^a   Welch, Ashley J ^a   Dawes, Judith M ^b   Owen, Earl R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b University of Texas at Austin ^*

Author keywords

Diode laser; Indocyanine green dye; Protein solder; Tissue repair

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; INDOCYANINE GREEN;

ARTICLE; DIODE LASER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDRATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE REPAIR;

ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; CATTLE; INDOCYANINE GREEN; LASER COAGULATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE ADHESIVES;

EID: 0033010725     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(1999)24:5<319::AID-LSM2>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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