title: Holmium: YAG laser-induced aseptic bone necroses of the femoral condyle.
abstract: In laser-controlled cartilage-ablation arthroplasties, the attention focuses more and more on the depth effects of the various lasers, especially as heat necroses of the cartilage and even in places of the bone were found in animal experiments. For the first time, two cases of holmium: YAG laser-induced aseptic bone necrosis of the femoral condyles after cartilage ablation are described.
authors.affiliation: Orthopaedic Department, Heinrich-Heine-University of Düsseldorf, Germany.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fink
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Braunstein
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schmielau
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Rüther
mesh_terms: D002358:Cartilage, Articular / Q000601:surgery; D005271:Femur Head Necrosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D017075:Laser Coagulation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008592:Menisci, Tibial / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography