70 vs 120 W thulium: Yttrium-aluminium-garnet 2 μm continuous-wave laser for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia: A systematic ex-vivo evaluation

BJU International

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 368-372

  Bach, Thorsten ^a,b   Huck, Nina ^a   Wezel, Felix ^a   Häcker, Axel ^a   Gross, Andreas J ^b   Michel, Maurice Stephan ^a  

^a University Medicine Mannheim   (Germany)

^b ASKLEPIOS HOSPITAL BARMBEK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benign prostatic enlargement; Coagulation; Laser; Thulium : YAG; Tissue ablation

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; THULIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; ENERGY; EX VIVO STUDY; HEMOSTASIS; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LASER SURGERY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; VAPORIZATION; YAG LASER;

EID: 77955736796     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2009.09059.x     Document Type: Article

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