Electrothermal chondroplasty - Bipolar

Clinics in Sports Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 675-685

  Uribe, John W ^a,b  

^a UHZ Sports Medicine Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL VIABILITY; DEBRIDEMENT; DEVICE; ELECTROTHERMAL CHONDROPLASTY; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; NONHUMAN; RADIOFREQUENCY; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; YAG LASER;

CARTILAGE; CATHETER ABLATION; DEBRIDEMENT; ELECTROSURGERY; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES;

EID: 0036813602     PISSN: 02785919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-5919(02)00016-9     Document Type: Review

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