Robotic laser tissue welding of sclera using chitosan films

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-67

  Garcia, Pablo ^a   Mines, Michael J ^b   Bower, Kraig S ^b   Hill, J ^a   Menon, J ^a   Tremblay, Eric ^c   Smith, Benjamin ^b  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Laser; Sclera; Surgery; Tissue adhesive; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

CHITOSAN; FORMALDEHYDE;

ARTICLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; SCLERA; SCLERA DISEASE; TISSUE INJURY; WOUND CLOSURE;

EID: 58449105909     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20727     Document Type: Article

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