Reduction in lateral thermal damage using heat-conducting templates: A comparison of continuous wave and pulsed CO2 lasers

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 94-100

  Spector, Nicole ^a   Spector, Jared ^a   Ellis, Darrel L ^a,b   Reinisch, Lou ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CO2 laser; Heat conducting templates; Laser thermal damage

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINOPLASTY; ARTICLE; BREAST REDUCTION; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL INJURY; WOUND HEALING;

ALUMINUM; BURNS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COPPER; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HEAT; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0037284284     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.10109     Document Type: Article

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