An in-vivo experimental evaluation of He-Ne laser photostimulation in healing Achilles tendons

Lasers in Medical Science

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-59

  Elwakil, Tarek F ^a  

^a Cairo University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Laser photostimulation; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HELIUM NEON LASER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TENDON INJURY; TENDON SURGERY; TISSUE REPAIR; WOUND HEALING;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMALS; AREA UNDER CURVE; BIOMECHANICS; HELIUM; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NEON; RABBITS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33847677221     PISSN: 02688921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10103-006-0423-9     Document Type: Article

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