New technologies in endourology: High-power thulium fiber laser ablation of urinary tissues at 1.94 μm

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-31

  Fried, Nathaniel M ^a,c   Murray, Keith E ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE; THALLIUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER NECK; DOG; ENDOUROLOGY; HEMOSTASIS; HOLMIUM LASER; LASER; LASER COAGULATION; LASER SURGERY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; RADIATION; THULIUM FIBER LASER; URETER; VAPORIZATION; ANIMAL; BLADDER; BLADDER OBSTRUCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; PATHOLOGY; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; SWINE; URETER OBSTRUCTION; URINARY TRACT; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

ANIMALS; DOGS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; HEMOSTASIS, ENDOSCOPIC; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; SWINE; THALLIUM; URETER; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY BLADDER NECK OBSTRUCTION; URINARY TRACT; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 13544265762     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2005.19.25     Document Type: Article

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