Whereas the focused COz laser may be used as a cutting instrument in less vascularized tissue with limited trauma to the surrounding tissue, use of the defocused Nd-YAG laser results in homogeneous coagulation with an energydependent depth effect. Thus, residual tumor tissue may be cauterized select
The use of Nd-YAG laser in the treatment of malignant tumours of the oral and maxillofacial regions
โ Scribed by F. Y. Zhao; K. H. Zhang; F. Jiang; M. J. Wu
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 669 KB
- Volume
- 6
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0268-8921
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