Erbium:YAG laser ablation of urethral and ureteral tissues

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4609, Issue , 2002, Pages 122-127

  Fried, Nathaniel M ^a   Long, Gary M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Erbium; Germanium oxide; Holmium; Laser ablation; Optical fibers; Sapphire; Strictures

Indexed keywords

ERBIUM; GERMANIUM COMPOUNDS; LASER ABLATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; SAPPHIRE; SOLID STATE LASERS; TISSUE; UROLOGY;

SAPPHIRE FIBERS;

LASER SURGERY;

EID: 0036400074     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.430657     Document Type: Conference Paper

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