Experimental comparison of high power (80 W) potassium titanyl phosphate laser vaporization and transurethral resection of the prostate

Journal of Urology

Volumn 171, Issue 6 I, 2004, Pages 2502-2504

  Reich, Oliver ^a   Bachmann, Alexander ^b   Schneede, Peter ^a   Zaak, Dirk ^a   Sulser, Tullio ^b   Hofstetter, Alfons ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Hemostasis; Laser surgery; Prostate; Prostatic hyperplasia; Transurethral resection of prostate

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EX VIVO STUDY; HEMOSTASIS; HIGH POWER POTASSIUM TITANYL PHOSPHATE LASER VAPORIZATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY PERFUSION; LASER; LASER SURGERY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POTASSIUM TITANYL PHOSPHATE LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWINE; TRANSURETHRAL ELECTROVAPORIZATION; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION;

EID: 2442563766     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000128803.04158.76     Document Type: Article

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