Factors influencing electrovaporization in the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia

Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation

Volumn 32, Issue , 1996, Pages 197-204

  Lim, Lisa M ^a   Ryan, Thomas P ^a   Patel, Anup ^b  

^a Valleylab   (United States)

^b UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Benign prostatic hyperplasia; Electrovaporization; Radio frequency energy; Tissue effect

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROSURGERY; ENDOCRINOLOGY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MUSCLE; PATIENT TREATMENT; REMOVAL;

BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; BLOOD LOSS; ELECTROVAPORIZATION; RADIO FREQUENCY GENERATOR; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TISSUE REMOVAL;

TISSUE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRODE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING; NONHUMAN; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RADIOFREQUENCY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VAPORIZATION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; ELECTROSURGERY; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA;

EID: 0029924310     PISSN: 00678856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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