Laser prostatectomy: Free beam and contact techniques

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 10-13

  McCullough, David L ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MALE; NEODYMIUM LASER; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATECTOMY; SHORT SURVEY; VAPORIZATION;

EID: 0029968629     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042307-199601000-00003     Document Type: Short Survey

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