In-office laryngeal surgery with the 585-nm pulsed dye laser

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 387-393

  Franco Jr , Ramon A ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

Keratosis; Papillomatosis; Pulsed dye laser; Unsedated in office surgery

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID;

COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; KERATOSIS; LARYNX DISORDER; LARYNX SURGERY; LEUKOPLAKIA; OPERATING ROOM; PAPILLOMATOSIS; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; RECURRENT DISEASE; REINKE EDEMA; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VASCULAR LESION;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; COST SAVINGS; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL DISEASES; LARYNX; LASERS, DYE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS;

EID: 35948959731     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOO.0b013e3282f19ef2     Document Type: Review

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