Transurethral laser urethrotomy with argon laser: Experience with 900 urethrotomies in 450 patients from 1978 to 1993

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 150-153

  Becker, H Ch ^a   Miller, J ^a   Noske H D ^a   Klask, J P ^a   Weidner, W ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Internal visual urethrotomy; Laser urethrotomy; Recurrence of stricture; Urethral stricture

Indexed keywords

ARGON LASER; ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URETHRA STRICTURE; URETHROTOMY; URINE CATHETER; UROFLOWMETRY;

HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URETHRA; URETHRAL STRICTURE; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 0028834963     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: 14230399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000282774     Document Type: Article

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