## Abstract Between October 1988 and November 1994, 100 patients with cutaneous metastases from malignant melanoma were treated by carbon dioxide laser ablation under local or general anaesthesia as appropriate. There were minimal postoperative complications and most wounds healed within 6 weeks. A
Experience using the carbon dioxide laser in the removal of cutaneous tattoos
โ Scribed by S. E. James; G. E. Venn; Mr. R. C. G. Russell
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1985
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 267 KB
- Volume
- 72
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
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