A comparison of mass removal, thermal injury, and crater morphology of cortical bone ablation using wavelengths 2.79, 2.9, 6.1, and 6.45 μm

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 332-340

  Youn, Jong In ^a,b   Sweet, Paula ^a   Peavy, George M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Catholic University of Daegu   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ablation; Ablation efficiency; Bone; Bone ablation; Cortical bone; Free electron laser; Laser; Mass removal; Thermal injury

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; ELECTROSURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LASER; LASER SURGERY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERMAL INJURY; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMALS; BURNS; CATTLE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMUR; LASER SURGERY; MICROSCOPY; TIBIA;

EID: 34248138938     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20482     Document Type: Article

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