Subsurface tissue lesions created using an Nd:YAG laser and a sapphire contact cooling probe

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 392-396

  Ramli, Rahayu ^a   Chung, Chia Chun ^a   Fried, Nathaniel M ^b,e   Franco, Nicholas ^c   Hayman, Michael H ^d  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coagulation; Contact; Cooling; Cryogen; Laser; Noninvasive; Sapphire

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; LASER COAGULATION; LASER SURGERY; LIVER; LIVER INJURY; MECHANICAL PROBE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INJURY; SKIN SURFACE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL WOUND; SWINE; TISSUE INJURY; YAG LASER;

ANIMALS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; LASER COAGULATION; LIVER; SKIN; SWINE;

EID: 12444327187     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20112     Document Type: Article

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