The development of laser prostatectomy

BJU International

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 262-265

  Te, A E ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOLMIUM; NEODYMIUM;

BIOPHYSICS; DENSITY; ENERGY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; LIGHT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATECTOMY; SHORT SURVEY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TECHNOLOGY; TISSUE INTERACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROLOGY; WAVEFORM;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA;

EID: 1342267594     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2004.04598.x     Document Type: Short Survey

References (9)

1. Anson K, Nawrocki J, Buckley J et al. A multicentre, randomized, prospective study of endoscopic laser ablation versus transurethral resection of the prostate. Urology 1995; 46: 305-10
2. Cowles R, Kabalin J, Childs S et al. A prospective randomized comparison of transurethral resection to visual laser ablation of the prostate for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia. Urology 1995; 46: 155-60
3. Shanberg A, Lee I, Tansey L, Sawyer D. Extensive neodymium-YAG photoirradiation of the prostate in men with obstructive prostatism. Urology 1994; 43: 467-71
4. Gilling P, Cass C, Malcolm A, Fraundorfer M. Combination holmium and Nd:YAG laser ablation of the prostate: initial clinical experience J Endourol 1995; 9: 151-3
5. Gilling P, Cass C, Cresswell M, Malcolm A, Fraundorfer M. The use of the holmium laser in the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia. J Endourol 1996; 10: 459-61
6. Mackey M, Chilton C, Gilling P, Fraundorfer M, Cresswell M. The results of holmium laser resection of the prostate. Br J Urol 1998; 81: 518-9
7. Kuntzman RS, Malek RS, Barrett DM, Bostwick DG. High-power (60-Watts) potassium-titanyl-phosphate laser vaporization prostatectomy in living canines and in human and canine cadavers. Adult Urol 1997; 49: 703-8
8. Malek RS, Kuntzman RS, Barrett DM. High power potassium-titanyl- phosphate laser vaporization prostatectomy. J Urol 2000; 163: 1730-3
9. Te AE, Malloy TR, Stein BS et al. Photoselective laser vaporization of the prostate (PVP) for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH): The first multi-center prospective trial. Presented at 2003 AUA meeting, Chicago, III, 2003