Cartilage shaping with the Er:YAG laser: An in vivo experimental study

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 527-531

  Ayhan, Meltem ^a   Deren, Orgun ^a   Görgü, Metin ^a   Erdoǧan, Bülent ^a   Dursun, Ayse ^a  

^a NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR CARTILAGE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ERBIUM YAG LASER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LASER SURGERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALPEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036841836     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-200211000-00014     Document Type: Article

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