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Benjamin S Bleier1, James N Palmer
1Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1324 Pinewood Road, Villanova, Philadelphia, PA 19085, USA.
Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America
|November 14, 2009
Abstract:
As the scope of transnasal cranial-base surgery expands, reconstruction of the complex residual defects remains a challenge. Laser welding is a novel technology that can be performed endoscopically and offers the potential of producing instantaneous, watertight repairs using a chromophore-doped biologic solder.
