Carbon dioxide (CO2) laser-assisted ablation of lumbar discal cyst

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 837-842

  Kim, Jin Sung ^a   Lee, Sang Ho ^a  

^a Gimpo Airport Wooridul Spine Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL OUTCOME; LASER DISSECTION; LASER-ASSISTED; SURGICAL EXCISION; SURGICAL TOOLS; UP PERIOD; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

TUMORS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYST; DISABILITY; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LENGTH OF STAY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARBON DIOXIDE; CYSTS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LASER THERAPY; LENGTH OF STAY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 73849148993     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pho.2008.2397     Document Type: Review

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