Holmium:YAG laser vaporization of recurrent papillary tumours of the bladder under local anaesthesia

BJU International

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 322-325

  Jønler, Morten ^a   Lund, Lars ^a   Bisballe, Søren ^a  

^a VIBORG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bladder cancer; Holmium:YAG; Laser; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; BLADDER TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CYSTOSCOPE; CYSTOSCOPY; EPIDIDYMITIS; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER SURGERY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PAPILLOMA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TUMOR RECURRENCE; VAPORIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PAPILLOMA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 4344693410     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2004.04882.x     Document Type: Article

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