Effective removal of sea-urchin spines by erbium: YAG laser ablation [1]

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 169-170

  Boer A ^a   Ochsendorf, F R ^a   Beier, C ^a   Kaufmann, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; DERMIS; EDEMA; ENERGY ABSORPTION; EPITHELIZATION; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERKERATOSIS; INDEX FINGER; INFLAMMATION; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; JOINT MOBILITY; LASER SURGERY; LETTER; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; SEA URCHIN; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN PENETRATION; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WATER ABSORPTION; YAG LASER;

ANIMALS; FOOT; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; SEA URCHINS; SKIN;

EID: 0034825804     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2001.04306.x     Document Type: Letter

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