Er:YAG laser osteotomy: Preliminary clinical and histological results of a new technique for contact-free bone surgery

European Surgical Research

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 150-156

  Stubinger S ^a,b   Ghanaati, S ^c   Saldamli, B ^a,b   Kirkpatrick, C J ^c   Sader, R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ablation, bone; Carbonization; Infrared irradiation, absorption; Laser osteotomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY; OSTEOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YAG LASER;

BONE AND BONES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; OSTEOTOMY; PILOT PROJECTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 58749102996     PISSN: 0014312X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000197216     Document Type: Article

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