American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 27, Issue 2 , Pages 136-138 , March 2006

Application of potassium-titanyl-phosphate (KTP) laser in the excision of pyriform fossa hemangioma

  • Produl Hazarika, MS, DLO, FACS, FRCS (Edin), FIAO

      Affiliations

    • Department of E.N.T., Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of E.N.T. and P.G. Studies, Kasturba Hospital, Manipal - 576 104, Karnataka, India. Tel.: +91 820 2571201x22346, +91 820 2571201x22304.
    • ,
  • Suresh Pillai, DNB

      Affiliations

    • Department of E.N.T., Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India
    • Department of Pathology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India
    • ,
  • Sherry Miriam Jacob, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of E.N.T., Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India
    • Department of Pathology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India
    • ,
  • Seema Elina Punnoose, MBBS

      Affiliations

    • Department of E.N.T., Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India
    • Department of Pathology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India
    • ,
  • Alfred Roy, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India

Received 18 February 2005

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PII: S0196-0709(05)00145-6

doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2005.07.016

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 27, Issue 2 , Pages 136-138 , March 2006

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