Transurethral endoscopic treatment of patients with upper tract urothelial carcinomas using neodymium-YAG and/or holmium-YAG laser ablation

BJU International

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 362-366

  Tada, Yasuhiro ^a   Yokomizo, Akira ^a   Koga, Hirohumi ^b   Seki, Naruhito ^a   Kuroiwa, Kentaro ^a   Tatsugami, Katsunori ^a   Yamaguchi, Akito ^b   Naito, Seiji ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HARASANSHIN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elderly; Laser ablation; Laser treatment; Pathological analysis; Upper tract urothelial carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; KIDNEY PRESERVATION; LASER SURGERY; MALE; NEODYMIUM LASER; NEPHROURETERECTOMY; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT CANCER; TUMOR VOLUME; URETEROSCOPY; URINE CYTOLOGY; UROGENITAL TRACT CANCER; YAG LASER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEODYMIUM; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROLOGIC NEOPLASMS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 77955767475     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2009.09131.x     Document Type: Article

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