Potassium-titanyl-phosphate laser vaporization of the prostate: A comparative functional and pathologic study in canines

Urology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 575-583

  Kuntzman, Randall S ^a   Malek, Reza S ^a   Barrett, David M ^a   Bostwick, David G ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; HEMOSTASIS; LASER COAGULATION; NEODYMIUM LASER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; VAPORIZATION;

EID: 0030273656     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(96)00247-6     Document Type: Article

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