Contact laser sphincterotomy: Further experience and longer follow-up

Spinal Cord

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 227-233

  Perkash, Inder ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

laser sphincterotomy; laser surgery; neuropathic bladder; prostatectomy; urethral strictures; urinary bladder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHINCTEROTOMY; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

EID: 0030007548     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.1996.42     Document Type: Article

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