Is carbon dioxide laser treatment of lichen sclerosus effective in the long run?

Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 208-211

  Windahl, T ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Laser surgery; Lichen sclerosus; Penile diseases

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LASER; LASER SURGERY; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PENIS GLANS; PENIS INJURY; PHIMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; STENOSIS; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAPORIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; CARBON DIOXIDE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; LASER THERAPY; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENILE DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646863516     PISSN: 00365599     EISSN: 16512065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365590600589666     Document Type: Article

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