Bone ablation with Er:YAG and CO2 laser:
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Zhao-Zhang Li; Lou Reinisch; Dr. Willem P. Van de Merwe
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Article
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1992
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract A pulsed Er:YAG laser at 2.94 μm and a superpulsed CO~2~ laser at 10.6 μm are used to investigate bone ablation applications in otolaryngology. Quantitative measurements of mass removal and the ablation depth of cat skull bone and rat femur are presented with the Er:YAG laser at fluence