In Vitro and Experimental Animal Research on Arthroscopic Laser Treatment of Cartilage — Setup Near to Clinical Application Conditions

Autor:	T. Asshauer, B. E. Gerber, G. Delacretaz, M. Zimmer, M. Frenz, M. Norberg, S. Preiss, H. Pratisto
Rok vydání:	2001
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Materials science Debridement Hyaline cartilage Cartilage Laser treatment medicine.medical_treatment Holmium laser Articular cartilage Surgery Experimental animal Cartilage surface medicine.anatomical_structure medicine Biomedical engineering
Zdroj:	Lasers in the Musculoskeletal System ISBN: 9783642629556
Popis:	Since laser systems became available for arthroscopic surgery a certain number of clinical uses have been reported. One of the special applications is the smoothing of the fibrillated hyaline cartilage, which is not possible by the customary mechanical or motorized instruments without leaving in place a toothbrush-like surface with bad mechanical properties and the risk of an enlarged degeneration area. The actual advantage of a cartilage debridement had only been the elimination of locking flaps, with the danger of tearing down more of the cartilage by the shaving procedure. In any case a wider surface treatment was abandoned because of the subsequent impairment of the cartilage often observed [29, 57].
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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