Effect of steroids or tissue preceding o
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LisaMarie Sheppard; Jay Werkhaven; Samuel Mickelson; John D. Crissman; Edward Pe
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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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The carbon dioxide laser is frequently used in laryngeal microsurgery. Some surgeons have empirically used preoperative steroids or precooling with ice prior to laser impact to limit the resultant tissue thermal coagulation and/or edema. An animal model was designed to quantitatively test these effe