Low-energy helium-neon laser ensures knee cartilage repair: An experimental short-term assay in rabbits

Journal of Laser Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 165-168

  Peccin, Maria Stella ^a   da Silva, Paulo Ricardo G ^a   Renno, Ana Muniz ^a   Ribeiro, Daniel Araki ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cartilage damage; Helium neon laser; Knee; Rabbits

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CARTILAGE; EXPERIMENTS; GAS LASERS; HELIUM; INERT GASES; LASER TISSUE INTERACTION; LIGAMENTS; NEON; RADIOACTIVITY;

CARTILAGE REPAIRS; CARTILAGE TISSUES; CONTROL GROUPS; FIBROUS TISSUES; HYALINE CARTILAGES; KNEE; LASER LIGHTS; LASER THERAPIES; LOW POWERS; NEGATIVE CONTROLS; NEW ZEALAND RABBITS; POSTOPERATIVE DAYS; RABBITS; SPHERICAL BURS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

LASERS;

EID: 57049173982     PISSN: 1042346X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2351/1.2955555     Document Type: Article

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