Surgical utility of a new carbon dioxide laser fiber: Functional and histological study

Laryngoscope

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1463-1468

  Devaiah, Anand K ^a   Shapshay, Stanlej M ^a   Desai, Urman ^a   Shapira, Gil ^a   Weisberg, Ori ^a   Torres, David S ^a   Wang, Zhi ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide laser; Endoscopic; Larynx; Laser fiber; Minimally invasive surgery; Oral cavity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; EAR NOSE THROAT SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HEATING; HISTOLOGY; LARYNX CARTILAGE; LASER SURGERY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; VOCAL CORD;

ANIMALS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; DOGS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LASER SURGERY; MODELS, ANIMAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; SWINE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; VOCAL CORDS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 23344444311     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlg.0000171021.73635.3b     Document Type: Article

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