Soft-Tissue Applications of the Holmium:YAG Laser in Urology

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 387-390

  Razvi, Hassan A ^a   Chun, Samuel S ^a   Denstedt, John D ^a   Sales, Jack L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOLMIUM;

ADULT; AGED; BLADDER NECK; BLADDER TUMOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTRACTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEODYMIUM LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE; URETER STRICTURE; URETER TUMOR; URETEROPELVIC JUNCTION OBSTRUCTION; URETHRA STRICTURE; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOLMIUM; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 0028803251     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: 1557900X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.1995.9.387     Document Type: Article

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