Comparison of laser induced effects on hyperplastic inferior nasal turbinates by means of scanning electron microscopy

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 31-39

  Janda, Philip ^a,b   Sroka, Ronald ^a   Betz, Christian S ^b   Baumgartner, Reinhold ^a   Leunig, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endonasal laser surgery; Hyperplastic nasal turbinates; Nasal obstruction; Scanning electron microscopy; Thermal laser effects

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARGON LASER; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CASE REPORT; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE LASER; FACIAL BONE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LASER SURGERY; MALE; NEODYMIUM LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINITIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VAPORIZATION;

ADULT; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NASAL OBSTRUCTION; TURBINATES;

EID: 0036156994     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.10020     Document Type: Article

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