Ablation of urethral strictures using contact chisel crystal firing neodymium:YAG laser

Journal of Urology

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 809-813

  Perkash, Inder ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bladder neck obstruction; bladder, neurogenic; endoscopy; laser surgery; urethral strictures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEODYMIUM LASER; NEUROGENIC BLADDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA STRICTURE;

EID: 0031033569     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)65050-X     Document Type: Article

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