Repair of pig dura in vivo using temperature controlled CO2 laser soldering

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 286-292

  Forer, Boaz ^a   Vasilyev, Tamar ^b   Brosh, Tamar ^b   Kariv, Noam ^b   Gil, Ziv ^a   Fliss, Dan M ^a,b   Katzir, Abraham ^b  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Albumin solder; Burst pressure; Dural closure; Fascia patch; Infrared fibers; Laser welding

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN TISSUE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DURA MATER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; SWINE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; DURA MATER; FASCIA; LASER COAGULATION; SWINE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 27744511697     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20230     Document Type: Article

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