Ten-year experience of carbon dioxide laser ablation as treatment for cutaneous recurrence of malignant melanoma

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 893-895

  Gibson, S C ^a   Byrne, D S ^a   McKay, A J ^a  

^a GARTNAVEL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; DATA BASE; DEATH; DISEASE CONTROL; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; LIMB AMPUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; FEMALE; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN TUMOR; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARBON DIOXIDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 3042839190     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.4558     Document Type: Article

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