In vitro tissue effects of a combined Ho:YAG/Nd:YAG laser: Sprinkling of tissue fragments by Ho:YAG laser light may be problematic for oncological interventions

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 396-400

  Zenk, Johannes ^a   Geisthoff, Urban W ^a   Hamadi, Iyad ^a   Iro, Heinrich ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endoscopic surgery; Laser surgery adverse effects; Neoplasms surgery; Photoablation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMOSTASIS; HISTOLOGY; HOLMIUM LASER; LASER SURGERY; NEODYMIUM LASER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; TONGUE;

ANIMALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; HEMOSTASIS; LASER SURGERY; NEOPLASM SEEDING; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; TONGUE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0033451461     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(1999)25:5<396::AID-LSM5>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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