Experimental Application of Pulsed Ho:YAG Laser-Induced Liquid Jet as a Novel Rigid Neuroendoscopic Dissection Device

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 227-234

  Ohki, Tomohiro ^a   Nakagawa, Atsuhiro ^b   Hirano, Takayuki ^b   Hashimoto, Tokitada ^a   Menezes, Viren ^a   Jokura, Hidefumi ^b   Uenohara, Hiroshi ^c   Sato, Yasuhiko ^b   Saito, Tsutomu ^a   Shirane, Reizo ^b   Tominaga, Teiji ^b   Takayama, Kazuyoshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c SENDAI CITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Holmium:YAG laser; Laser induced bubble; Liquid jet; Minimally invasive neurosurgery; Shock wave; Water jet dissection

Indexed keywords

STAINLESS STEEL; WATER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CADAVER; CAMERA; COLD; DEVICE; DISSECTION; ENDOSCOPE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENERGY; GENERATOR; HARE; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HISTOLOGY; HOLMIUM LASER; IRRADIATION; LIQUID; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NEEDLE; NEUROSURGERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SAFETY; SHOCK WAVE; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; THERMAL EXPOSURE; TUBE; VELOCITY;

ANIMALS; DISSECTION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LASER SURGERY; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RABBITS;

EID: 12144290439     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20021     Document Type: Article

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