Use of a novel erbium laser in a yucatan minipig: A study of residual thermal damage, ablation, and wound healing as a function of pulse duration

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 93-100

  Ross, Edward V ^a   McKinlay, Joseph R ^a   Sajben, Francis P ^a   Miller, Charles H ^a   Barnette, David J ^a   Meehan, Kenneth J ^a   Chhieng, Norak P ^a   Deavers, Mickey J ^a   Zelickson, Brian D ^b  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Erbium YAG; Laser; Pulse duration; Resurfacing; Thermal damage

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ERBIUM YAG LASER; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SWINE; THERMAL INJURY; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ERBIUM; HEAT; LASER SURGERY; SKIN; SWINE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0036180640     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.10030     Document Type: Article

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