Use of a microsecond Er:YAG laser in laryngeal surgery reduces collateral thermal injury in comparison to superpulsed CO2 laser

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 271, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1121-1128

  Böttcher, Arne ^a   Jowett, Nathan ^a,b   Kucher, Stanislav ^a   Reimer, Rudolph ^c   Schumacher, Udo ^a   Knecht, Rainald ^a   Wöllmer, Wolfgang ^a   Münscher, Adrian ^a   Dalchow, Carsten V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Er:YAG laser; Histology; Laryngeal surgery; Thermography

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERBIUM YAG LASER; EX VIVO STUDY; GOLD STANDARD; INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY; LARYNX CARCINOMA; LARYNX SURGERY; LASER SURGERY; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SWINE; THERMAL INJURY; TREATMENT INDICATION; VOCAL CORD; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GAS LASER; IN VITRO STUDY; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LARYNX MUCOSA; PATHOLOGY; SOLID STATE LASER; SURGERY; THERAPEUTIC USE;

ANIMALS; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; LARYNGEAL MUCOSA; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LASERS, GAS; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SWINE; VOCAL CORDS;

EID: 84898650559     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: 14344726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-013-2761-0     Document Type: Article

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