Circumcision with the Nd:YAG laser contact technique compared with conventional surgery

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 318-322

  Vaos, George ^a,b  

^a P AND A KYRIAKOU CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b PENTELI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER CONTACT TECHNIQUE; MORBIDITY; OPERATIVE TIME;

NEODYMIUM LASERS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SURGERY;

LASER BEAM EFFECTS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CIRCUMCISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEODYMIUM LASER; NEODYMIUM LASER CONTACT SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LASER SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NEODYMIUM; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROGENITAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 4444248734     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pho.2004.22.318     Document Type: Article

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