Laser therapy in dogs and humans - Is there a difference?

British Journal of Urology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 385-388

  Gottfried, H W ^a,c   Brandle E ^a,b   Hefty, R ^a   Mattfeldt, T ^a   Badura, W ^a,b   Vogel, U ^a,b   Hautmann, R E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benign prostatic hyperplasia; Dog; Human; Laser therapy; Volume reduction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOG; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MALE; NEODYMIUM LASER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; URINE FLOW RATE; YAG LASER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; DOGS; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; URINARY RETENTION; URINATION;

EID: 0031403630     PISSN: 00071331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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