Laser flap delay: Comparison of erbium: YAG and CO2 lasers

American Surgeon

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 69-72

  Reichner, Daniel R ^a   Scholz, Thomas ^a   Vanderkam, Victoria M ^a   Gutierrez, Socorro ^a   Steward, Earl ^a   Evans, Gregory R D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; LASER SURGERY; MICROCIRCULATION; PLASTIC SURGERY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; LASER SURGERY; MICROCIRCULATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 0037264985     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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