Pulsed CO2 Laser Ablation of Superficial Basal Cell of Limbs and Trunk: A Comparative Randomized Clinical Trial with Cryotherapy and Surgical Ablation

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 920-927

  Zane, Cristina ^a   Facchinetti, Elena ^a   Arisi, Mariachiara ^a   Ortel, Bernhard ^b   Calzavara Pinton, Piergiacomo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMETIC; GENTAMICIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CRYOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; NEODYMIUM YAG LASER; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; REIMBURSEMENT; SUPERFICIAL BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GAS LASER; LIMB; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN NEOPLASMS; THERAPEUTIC USE; TRUNK;

AGED; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CRYOTHERAPY; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, GAS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TORSO;

EID: 85021808854     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DSS.0000000000001106     Document Type: Article

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