NIR laser tissue welding of in vitro porcine cornea and sclera tissue

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 293-303

  Savage, Howard E ^a   Halder, Rabindra K ^b   Kartazayeu, Uladzimir ^b   Rosen, Richard B ^a   Gayen, Tapan ^b   McCormick, Steven A ^a   Patel, Neil S ^a   Katz, Alvin ^b   Perry, Henry D ^a   Paul, Misu ^b   Alfano, R R ^b  

^a NEW YORK EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Collagen; Laser tissue welding; Literature review; NIR lasers; Ocular tissues

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMATOPHORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; LASER; NEAR INFRARED LASER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERA; SWINE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE REPAIR;

ANIMALS; CORNEA; LASER SURGERY; SCLERA; SWINE;

EID: 7744240443     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20094     Document Type: Article

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