Ablation rates of human meniscal tissue with the Ho:YAG laser: The effects of varying fluences

Arthroscopy

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 148-150

  Vangsness Jr , C Thomas ^a,b   Ghaderi, Bahram ^a   Brustein, Marshall ^a   Saadat, Vahid ^a   Carter, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Holmium laser; Meniscus; Thermal change

Indexed keywords

ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LASER SURGERY; MENISCECTOMY; THERMAL INJURY;

EID: 12644310323     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-8063(97)90147-X     Document Type: Article

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