A preliminary study of healing of superpulsed carbon dioxide laser incisions in the hard palate of monkeys

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 368-374

  Romanos, George ^a   Siar, Chong Huat ^b   Ng, Kh ^c   Toh, Chooi Gait ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

CO2 laser; Monkey; Oral tissue; Superpulse; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; HARD PALATE; INCISION; INFLAMMATION; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; SCALPEL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERMAL INJURY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0345120660     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(1999)24:5<368::AID-LSM7>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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