A new and improved vitreoretinal erbium:YAG laser scalpel: Long-term morphologic characteristics of retinal-choroidal injury

Ophthalmic Surgery Lasers and Imaging

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 304-315

  Joseph, Daniel P ^a,c   Allen, Peter ^b   Negus, Dan ^b   Hobart, Jim ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Sciton Inc   (United States)

^c BARNES RETINA INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHOROID; CHOROID DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERBIUM YAG LASER; INCISION; LASER; LASER SURGERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RETINA; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA INJURY; SCALPEL; SURGICAL APPROACH;

EID: 3542999305     PISSN: 15428877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1542-8877-20040701-07     Document Type: Article

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