Airflow through the auxiliary line of the laser fiber prevents ignition of intra-airway fire during endoscopic laser surgery

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 211-215

  Takanashi, Shingo ^a   Hasegawa, Yukihiro ^a   Ito, Akihiko ^b   Sato, Masami ^c   Kaji, Kunihide ^d   Okumura, Ken ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d OLYMPUS CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airway fire; Ignition accident; Laser surgery; Lung cancer; Oxygen

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW; AIRWAY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; FIBER; INJURY; LASER; LASER SURGERY; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

AIR; ANIMALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FIRES; LASER SURGERY; OXYGEN; SWINE;

EID: 0036378625     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.10097     Document Type: Article

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