Laser resistance of expandable metal stents in interventional bronchoscopy: An experimental evaluation

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 70-72

  Hautmann, Hubert ^a   Huber, Rudolf M ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bronchial carcinoma; Bronchoscopy; Expandable metal stents; Laser safety; Laser surgery; Laser therapy; Nd YAG laser; Non contact laser

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; DEVICE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HEAT TOLERANCE; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; LASER SURGERY; NEODYMIUM LASER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; SWINE; YAG LASER;

ALLOYS; ANIMALS; BRONCHI; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHROMIUM ALLOYS; LASER SURGERY; LASERS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; STENTS; SWINE; TANTALUM;

EID: 0034904574     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.1088     Document Type: Article

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