Effects of a therapeutic laser on the ultrastructural morphology of repairing medial collateral ligament in a rat model

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 286-293

  Fung, Dicky T C ^a   Ng, Gabriel Y F ^a   Leung, Mason C P ^a   Tay, David K C ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Collagen fibril; Healing; Injury; Laser therapy; Rat

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBRIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HEALING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KNEE LIGAMENT; LIGAMENT SURGERY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MALE; MEDIAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENT, KNEE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0037624903     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.10161     Document Type: Article

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