Consensus recommendations on the use of an erbium-doped 1,550-nm fractionated laser and its applications in dermatologic laser surgery

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 461-469

  Sherling, Michael ^a   Friedman, Paul M ^b,c,d   Adrian, Robert ^e   Jay Burns, A ^f   Conn, Howard ^g   Fitzpatrick, Richard ^h   Gregory, Richard ⁱ   Kilmer, Suzanne ^j   Lask, Gary ^k,l   Narurkar, Vic ^m,n   Katz, Tracy M ^b   Avram, Mathew ^o  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b DERMSURGERY ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Center for Laser Surgery   (United States)

^f DALLAS PLASTIC SURGERY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g David D Wirtschafter MD Inc   (United States)

^h La Jolla Cosmetic Surgery Center   (United States)

ⁱ Institute of Aesthetic Surgery   (United States)

^j Laser and Skin Surgery Center of Northern California   (United States)

^k Indianer Lask and Rosenzweig   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁿ Bay Area Laser Institute   (United States)

^o MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACNE; APPLICATION SITE HYPERPIGMENTATION; CHLOASMA; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; COOLING; DERMATITIS; DRY SKIN; ERBIUM YAG LASER; EROSION; ERYTHEMA; FACE EDEMA; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; IMPETIGO; LASER SURGERY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PHOTOAGING; POIKILODERMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURPURA; REVIEW; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN COLOR; SKIN EDEMA; SKIN PRURITUS; SKIN SURGERY; STRIA; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; WRINKLE;

ACNE VULGARIS; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; CALIBRATION; CICATRIX; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FACE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MELANOSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREMEDICATION; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RHYTIDOPLASTY; SKIN; SKIN AGING; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 77950470386     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2010.01483.x     Document Type: Review

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