Visual laser ablation of the canine prostate with a diffusing fiber and an 805-nanometer diode laser

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 135-142

  Cromeens, Douglas M ^a   Johnson, Douglas E ^b   Stephens, L Clifton ^a   Gray, Kenneth N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b St Joseph's Medical Center Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

neodymium:YAG; TURP; VLAP

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE LASER; DOG; LASER COAGULATION; LASER SURGERY; MALE; NEODYMIUM LASER; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION;

ANIMALS; DOGS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA;

EID: 0029819230     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(1996)19:2<135::AID-LSM3>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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