Holmium laser prostatectomy: A technique in evolution

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 11-15

  Gilling, Peter J ^a   Fraundorfer, Mark R ^a  

^a TAURANGA HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLADDER NECK; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; INCISION; LASER SURGERY; MALE; NEODYMIUM LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATECTOMY; SHORT SURVEY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0031963986     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042307-199801000-00003     Document Type: Short Survey

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