Laser tumor treatment in oral and maxillofacial surgery

Physics Procedia

Volumn 5, Issue PART 1, 2010, Pages 91-100

  Neukam, F W ^a,b   Stelzle, F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

CO2 laser; Er:YAG laser; KTP laser; Laser surgery; Laser tumor treatment; Nd:YAG laser; Optical tissue differentiation; Oral and maxillofacial surgery; Oral squamous cell carcinoma; Tissue specificity

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; BLOOD VESSELS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS; DISEASES; ERBIUM; LASER ABLATION; MAXILLOFACIAL PROSTHESES; METAL FORMING; NEODYMIUM LASERS; ROBOTIC SURGERY; SURGERY; TISSUE; TUMORS;

CO2-LASER; ER:YAG LASERS; KTP LASER; ND : YAG LASERS; ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERIES; ORAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMATA; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TUMOR TREATMENT;

LASER SURGERY;

EID: 79551674946     PISSN: 18753884     EISSN: 18753892     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phpro.2010.08.125     Document Type: Conference Paper

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