Comparison of erbium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet and holmium:yttrium-aluminum- garnet lasers for incision of urethra and bladder neck in an in vivo Porcine model

Urology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 191-195

  Varkarakis, Ioannis M ^a   Inagaki, Takeshi ^a   Allaf, Mohamad E ^a   Chan, Theresa Y ^a   Rogers, Craig G ^a   Wright, E James ^a   Fried, Nathaniel M ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ERBIUM; HOLMIUM; YTTRIUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER NECK; BLOOD CLOTTING; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GRANULATION TISSUE; INCISION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; SWINE; TISSUE INJURY; URETHRA; WOUND HEALING; YAG LASER;

ALUMINUM; ANIMALS; CICATRIX; ERBIUM; FEMALE; GRANULATION TISSUE; HOLMIUM; LASER SURGERY; LASERS; NECROSIS; SUS SCROFA; URETHRA; URINARY BLADDER; WOUND HEALING; YTTRIUM;

EID: 12844249947     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2004.09.020     Document Type: Article

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