Temperature controlled CO2 laser welding of soft tissues: Urinary bladder welding in different animal models (rats, rabbits, and cats)

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 4-12

  Lobel, Bernard ^a   Eyal, Ophir ^b   Kariv, Noam ^b   Katzir, Abraham ^b  

^a PONTCHAILLOU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Infrared fibers; Infrared thermometry; Laser tissue interaction; Tissue welding; Urinary bladder

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLADDER SURGERY; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CAT; LASER SURGERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RAT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERMOMETRY; WELDING; WOUND CLOSURE;

ANIMALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATS; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HEAT; LASERS; MALE; RABBITS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 0033978504     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(2000)26:1<4::AID-LSM3>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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