Application of the holmium: YAG laser for prostatectomy

Journal of Clinical Laser Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-27

  Kabalin, John N ^a   Gilling, Peter J ^b   Fraundorfer, Mark R ^b  

^a Scottsbluff Urology Associates   (United States)

^b TAURANGA HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER SAFETY; ONCOLOGY; SOLID STATE LASERS; UROLOGY;

LASER PROSTATECTOMY;

LASER SURGERY;

AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; CAUTERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOG; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICTURITION; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATECTOMY; SAFETY; TREATMENT PLANNING; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 0032007113     PISSN: 10445471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/clm.1998.16.21     Document Type: Article

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