Holmium:YAG laser prostatectomy canine feasibility study

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 221-224

  Kabalin, John N ^a,b  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

benign prostatic hyperplasia; dogs; Holmium:YAG; laser surgery; prostate; prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DOG; HEMOSTASIS; HOLMIUM LASER; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; NEODYMIUM LASER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATECTOMY; VAPORIZATION;

ANIMALS; DOGS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; LASER SURGERY; MALE; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY;

EID: 0029863540     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(1996)18:3<221::AID-LSM1>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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