Treatment of large vascular lesions in the orofacial region with the Nd:YAG laser

Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 191-195

  Vesnaver, Aleš ^a   Dovšak, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

haemangiomas; laser; photocoagulation; vascular malformations

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CLAVULANIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALING; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LASER COAGULATION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; MOUTH INFECTION; NEODYMIUM LASER; PATIENT SAFETY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN EXFOLIATION; SWELLING; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND; VASCULAR LESION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDEMA; FACE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASES; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TONGUE DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS; WOUND HEALING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349088362     PISSN: 10105182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcms.2008.10.006     Document Type: Article

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