A useful algorithm for determining fluence and pulse width for vascular targets using 1,064 nm Nd:YAG laser in an animal model

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 420-425

  Ozturk, Serdar ^a,c   Hoopman, John ^a   Brown, Spencer A ^a   Nojima, Kimihiro ^a   Saboorian, Hossein ^b   Acikel, Cengiz ^a   Kenkel, Jeffrey ^a  

^a Department of Plastic Surgery   (United States)

^b PARKLAND HEALTH AND HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

1,064 nm Nd:YAG laser; Extended dorsolateral flap; Optimal pulse width; Vessel diameter

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; HEMOSTASIS; HISTOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; NEODYMIUM LASER; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; RAT; SKIN FLAP; THROMBOSIS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSELS; LASER SURGERY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SKIN; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 3042701250     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20059     Document Type: Article

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