In vivo comparison of near infrared lasers for skin welding

Lasers in Medical Science

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 411-421

  Tabakoǧlu, Haşim Özgür ^a   Gülsoy, Murat ^a  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

1,070 nm ytterbium fiber laser; 809 nm diode laser; 980 nm diode laser; Indocyanine green; Tensile test; Tissue welding

Indexed keywords

INDOCYANINE GREEN; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE LASER; GRANULATION TISSUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; NEAR INFRARED LASE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN INCISION; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SUTURING METHOD; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMAL INJURY; WISTAR RAT; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING; ANIMAL; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; INFRARED RADIATION; MALE; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKIN;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; GRANULATION TISSUE; INFRARED RAYS; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TENSILE STRENGTH; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 77953047687     PISSN: 02688921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10103-009-0739-3     Document Type: Article

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