Does the Holmium:YAG laser cause osteonecrosis?

Bulletin: Hospital for Joint Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 111-113

  Sahap Atik, O ^a,b   Tali, Turgut ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b Bilkent 1 Camlik Sitesi ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cartilage; Holmium:YAG laser; Osteonecrosis

Indexed keywords

ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; BONE NECROSIS; CHONDROPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE MENISCUS; KNEE SURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARTHROSCOPY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HOLMIUM; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; OSTEONECROSIS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 6544295247     PISSN: 00185647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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