1550-nm nonablative laser resurfacing for facial surgical scars

Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 203-210

  Pham, Annette M ^b   Greene, Ryan M ^c   Woolery Lloyd, Heather ^a   Kaufman, Joely ^a   Grunebaum, Lisa D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b Metropolitan ENT and Facial Plastic Surgery LLC   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; SCAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CICATRIX; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80054045670     PISSN: 15212491     EISSN: 15383660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archfacial.2011.28     Document Type: Article

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