Evaluation of carbon dioxide laser and conventional incisional techniques for resection of soft palates in brachycephalic dogs

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 219, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 776-781

  Davidson, Ellen B ^a   Davis, Michael S ^a   Campbell, Gregory A ^a   Williamson, Kathy K ^a   Payton, Mark E ^b   Healey, Tiffany S ^a   Bartels, Kenneth E ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 301 MSCS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BURN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; LASER SURGERY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOFT PALATE; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; BURNS; CARBON DIOXIDE; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; LASER SURGERY; MALE; PALATE, SOFT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035885787     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2001.219.776     Document Type: Review

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