The RevoLix 2 micron continuous wave laser vaporesection for the treatment of high-risk patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 105-107

  Si, Jiemin ^a   Gu, Baojun ^a   Yu, Jianjun ^a   Xu, Yuemin ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 MICRON; BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; HIGH-RISK PATIENTS; MEAN AGES; QUALITY OF LIFE;

BODY FLUIDS; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; DROPS; HEMOGLOBIN; SODIUM;

LASER SAFETY;

THULIUM;

AGED; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PROSTATE; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, GAS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; THULIUM;

EID: 79551713399     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pho.2009.2748     Document Type: Article

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