Thermal damage during thulium laser dissection of laryngeal soft tissue is reduced with air cooling: Ex vivo calf model study

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 116, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 853-857

  Burns, James A ^a   Kobler, James B ^a   Heaton, James T ^a   Lopez Guerra, Gerardo ^a   Anderson, R Rox ^a   Zeitels, Steven M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooling; Dysphonia; Hoarseness; Laryngoscopy; Laser cutting; Thulium laser

Indexed keywords

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; NITROBLUE TETRAZOLIUM; THULIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALF (BOVINE); CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; EX VIVO STUDY; GLOTTIS; HISTOLOGY; LARYNX; LARYNX INJURY; LARYNX MUCOSA; LASER SURGERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL INJURY; THERMISTOR; VOCAL CORD;

EID: 36448950808     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940711601111     Document Type: Article

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