Rupture of fat cells using laser-generated ultra short stress waves

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 279-285

  Kuwahara, Kenrick ^a   Gladstone, Hayes B ^b   Gupta, Vijay ^a   Kireev, Vassili ^a   Neel, Victor ^c   Moy, Ronald L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavitation; Liposuction; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM;

ADIPOCYTE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CELL DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; LASER GENERATED ULTRA SHORT STRESS WAVE; LASER SURGERY; LIPOSUCTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUPTURE; STRESS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASOUND;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; HUMANS; LASERS; LIPECTOMY; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0038639359     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.10154     Document Type: Article

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