Morphological effects of nanosecond- and femtosecond-pulsed laser ablation on human middle ear ossicles

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Ilgner, Justus ^a   Wehner, Martin ^b   Lorenzen, Johann ^a   Bovi, Manfred ^a   Westhofen, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR LASER TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Laser surgery; Neodymium; Otolaryngology; Otologic surgical procedures; Otosclerosis; Stapes surgery

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BONE; CARBONIZATION; LASER ABLATION; NEODYMIUM LASERS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

OTOLARYNGOLOGY; OTOLOGIC SURGERY; OTOSCLEROSIS; STAPES SURGERY;

LASER SURGERY;

ARTICLE; AUDITORY OSSICLE; CADAVER; EAR SURGERY; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LASER SURGERY; METHODOLOGY; OSTEOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CADAVER; EAR OSSICLES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; OSTEOTOMY; OTOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33744463929     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2166432     Document Type: Article

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