Dosimetry studies utilizing the urolase right-angle firing neodymium:YAG laser fiber in the human prostate

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 72-80

  Kabalin, John N ^a,b   Terris, Martha K ^a,b   Mancianti, Maria Laura ^a,b   Fajardo, Luis F ^a,b  

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

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

benign prostatic hyperplasia; dose response relationship; laser surgery; neodymium:YAG; prostate; prostatectomy; radiation; urolase

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; NEODYMIUM LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE;

ADULT; AGED; ALUMINUM SILICATES; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; CYSTECTOMY; ENERGY TRANSFER; EPITHELIUM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAT; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; METAPLASIA; MIDDLE AGED; NEODYMIUM; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; URETHRA; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; YTTRIUM;

EID: 0030028121     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(1996)18:1<72::AID-LSM9>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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