Endonasal laser surgery with a new laser fiber guidance instrument: A targeted problem and its solution

Laryngoscope

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 332-

  Sroka, Ronald ^a   Rösler, Peter ^a   Janda, Philip ^a   Grevers, Gerhard ^a   Leunig, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FACIAL BONE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; YAG LASER;

CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; LASER SURGERY; TURBINATES;

EID: 0033950339     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200002010-00030     Document Type: Article

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