Optical characterization and coagulation performance of side-emitting fiber delivery systems for laser therapy of benign prostatic hyperplasia: A comparative study

Urology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 845-851

  Protsenko, Dmitry ^a   Torres, Jorge H ^a   Chakrabarti, Pradip ^a   Bell, Brent ^a   Orihuela, Eduardo ^a   Motamedi, Massoud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; CATTLE; LASER; LASER SURGERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030014341     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(96)00049-0     Document Type: Article

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