Use of 2-μm continuous-wave thulium laser for surgical removal of a tentorial meningioma: Case report

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 437-440

  Passacantilli, E ^a   Anichini, G ^a   Delfinis, C P ^a   Lenzi, J ^a   Santoro, A ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORTS; CONTINUOUS WAVES; ENGLISH LITERATURE; INTRA-OPERATIVE; INTRACRANIAL TUMORS; MENINGIOMAS; MICRODISSECTION; MICROSCOPE MAGNIFICATION; SIDE EFFECT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES; THULIUM LASER; YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COAGULATION; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; NEODYMIUM; NEUROSURGERY; RADIOLOGY; TUMORS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; YTTRIUM;

THULIUM;

THULIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MENINGIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; THULIUM;

EID: 79958701876     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pho.2010.2809     Document Type: Article

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