Thulium laser in airway diseases in children

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-59

  Ayari Khalfallah, Sonia ^a   Fuchsmann, Carine ^a   Froehlich, Patrick ^a  

^a EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Child; Laryngotracheal disease; Thulium laser

Indexed keywords

THULIUM;

ENDOSCOPE; HUMAN; LARYNGOMALACIA; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNGOTRACHEAL DISEASE; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE; THULIUM LASER; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LARYNGEAL DISEASES; LARYNGOSCOPY; LASER THERAPY; MALE; THULIUM; TRACHEAL DISEASES; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38149074139     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOO.0b013e3282f43419     Document Type: Review

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