The effect of irrigation on peak temperatures in nerve root, dura, and intervertebral disc during laser-assisted foraminoplasty

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 33-37

  Hafez, M I ^a   Zhou, S ^a   Coombs, R R H ^a,b   McCarthy, I D ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foraminoplasty; Ho: YAG laser; Temperature, dura, nerve root

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DURA MATER; ENERGY; HOLMIUM LASER; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LASER SURGERY; LUMBAR SPINE; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; NERVE ROOT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DURA MATER; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; IRRIGATION; LASER SURGERY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; SHEEP; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 0034900903     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.1083     Document Type: Article

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