Free electron laser ablation of articular and fibro-cartilage at 2.79, 2.9, 6.1, and 6.45 μm: Mass removal studies

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 202-209

  Youn, Jong In ^a   Peavy, George M ^a   Venugopalan, Vasan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California at Irvine   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Ablation efficiency; Articular cartilage; Fibro cartilage; Free electron laser; Laser; Meniscus; Tissue mass loss

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; ELECTRON; FREE ELECTRON LASER ABLATION; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER SURGERY; LIGHT EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ANIMALS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CATTLE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; LASER SURGERY; MENISCI, TIBIAL;

EID: 17044393935     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20138     Document Type: Article

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