Does the CO2 laser spread viable brain-tumor cells outside the surgical field?
- 1 April 1984
- journal article
- Published by Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG) in Journal of Neurosurgery
- Vol. 60 (4) , 819-820
- https://doi.org/10.3171/jns.1984.60.4.0819
Abstract
The viability of debris containing C6 rat tumor cells generated by the CO2 laser was investigated using standard tissue culture techniques. No evidence of cell viability was found in the plume of laser smoke.Keywords
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