Thermal, mechanical, optical, and morphologic changes in bovine nucleus pulposus induced by Nd:YAG (λ = 1.32 μm) Laser irradiation

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 248-254

  Choi, Joon Y ^a,b   Tanenbaum, B Samuel ^c   Milner, Thomas E ^d   Dao, Xavier V ^a   Nelson, J Stuart ^a   Sobol, Emil N ^e   Wong, Brian J F ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c HARVEY MUDD COLLEGE   (United States)

^d The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^e RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cartilage; Intervertebral disc; Nd:YAG laser; Nucleus pulposus; Spine surgery

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; HEATING; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LASER SURGERY; NEODYMIUM LASER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE SURGERY; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOTHERAPY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIDEORECORDING;

NEODYMIUM;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CATTLE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LASER SURGERY; NEODYMIUM; PHOTOTHERAPY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0034744929     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.1046     Document Type: Article

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