120 W lithium triborate laser for photoselective vaporization of the prostate: Comparison with 80 W potassium-titanyl-phosphate laser in an ex-vivo model

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 75-79

  Heinrich, Elmar ^a   Wendt Nordahl, Gunnar ^b   Honeck, Patrick ^b   Alken, Peter ^a   Knoll, Thomas ^b   Michel, Maurice Stephan ^a   Häcker, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Sindelfingen Böblingen Medical Center   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM DERIVATIVE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING; EX VIVO STUDY; HEMOSTASIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; KIDNEY; LASER; LASER SURGERY; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; SWINE; VAPORIZATION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; LITHIUM; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; PROSTATE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 75149146010     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2009.0051     Document Type: Article

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