The use of polarized light in aesthetic surgery

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 324-327

  Colić, Miodrag M ^a   Vidojković, Nataša ^a   Jovanović, Milan ^a   Lazović, Goran ^a  

^a NONE   (Yugoslavia)

Author keywords

Bioptron; Polarized light; Polarized light in aesthetic surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAPILLARY RESISTANCE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; EYELID RECONSTRUCTION; FACE EDEMA; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHOTOTHERAPY; POLARIZED LIGHT THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHYTIDOPLASTY;

FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTOTHERAPY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 13644264814     PISSN: 0364216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00266-004-0014-8     Document Type: Article

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