Perspectives of holmium laser resection of the prostate; Cutting effects with the holmium:YAG laser

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3245, Issue , 1997, Pages 64-74

  Eichenauer, Rolf H ^a   Dröge, Gerit ^a   Brinkmann, Ralf ^a   Neuss, Malte ^a   Gafumbegete, Evariste ^a   Jocham, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ablation; Cavitation dynamics; Holmium laser; Prostatectomy; Resection

Indexed keywords

CATHETERS; COAGULATION; LASER PULSES; PHOTOGRAPHY; UROLOGY; VAPORIZATION;

LASER PROSTATECTOMY; LASER RESECTION;

LASER ABLATION;

EID: 0031289969     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.312271     Document Type: Conference Paper

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