Nd:YAG laser versus traditional scalpel. A preliminary histological analysis of specimens from the human oral mucosa

Lasers in Medical Science

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 685-691

  Vescovi, Paolo ^a,b   Corcione, Luigi ^b   Meleti, Marco ^a   Merigo, Elisabetta ^a   Fornaini, Carlo ^a   Manfredi, Maddalena ^a   Bonanini, Mauro ^a   Govoni, Paolo ^a   Rocca, Jean Paul ^c   Nammour, Samir ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c University Hospital of Nice University of Nice Sophia Antipolis   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Histomorphologic evaluation; Nd:YAG laser; Oral benign lesions; Scalpel

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEEK MUCOSA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INCISION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MOUTH INJURY; NEODYMIUM LASER; ORAL MUCOSAL DISEASE; ORAL SURGERY; POWER SUPPLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALPEL; STROMA; TISSUE STRUCTURE; VASCULAR TISSUE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 77956186987     PISSN: 02688921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10103-010-0770-4     Document Type: Article

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