Laser applications in middle ear surgery: Advantages and possible side-effects

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4609, Issue , 2002, Pages 295-302

  Frenz, Martin ^a   Häusler, Rudolf ^a   Weber, Heinz P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acoustic trauma; Bone conduction threshold; Er:YAG laser; Inner ear damage; Stapedotomy

Indexed keywords

BONE; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER ABLATION; LASER SAFETY; LASER TISSUE INTERACTION; SOLID STATE LASERS;

OTOLARYNGOLOGY;

LASER SURGERY;

EID: 0036403059     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.441086     Document Type: Conference Paper

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