Comparison of Er:YAG and 9.6-μm TE CO2 lasers for ablation of skull tissue

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 335-343

  Fried, Nathaniel M ^a,c   Fried, Daniel ^b  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; CO2; Craniotomy; Er:YAG; Laser; Skull

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; DATA ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRY; ERBIUM YAG LASER; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL SURGERY; THERMAL INJURY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CRANIOTOMY; LASER SURGERY;

EID: 0035002009     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.1059     Document Type: Article

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