Retrograde endoscopic laser therapy for transitional cell carcinoma of the upper urinary tract

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 371-376

  Mugiya, Soichi ^a   Maruyama, Satoshi ^a   Nagata, Masao ^a   Hadano, Shinsuke ^a   Nagae, Hiroshi ^a  

^a SEIREI MIKATAHARA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Holmium YAG laser; Neodymium YAG laser; Transitional cell carcinoma; Upper urinary tract; Ureteroscopic treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; KIDNEY PELVIS TUMOR; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; METASTASIS; MULTIPLE CANCER; NEODYMIUM LASER; NEPHROURETERECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR VOLUME; URETEROPELVIC JUNCTION; URETEROSCOPY; URINARY TRACT CARCINOMA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETEROSCOPY; UROLOGIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0043205888     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2042.2003.00646.x     Document Type: Article

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