Laser vaporization of the prostate in vivo: Experience with the 150-W 980-nm diode laser in living canines

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 736-742

  Rieken, Malte ^a   Kang, Hyun Wook ^b,d   Koullick, Ed ^c   Ruth, George R ^d   Bachmann, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b American Medical Systems   (United States)

^c American Medical Systems   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

benign; canine; diode laser; hyperplasia; laser prostatectomy; prostate

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DIODE LASER; DOG; HISTOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATITIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; EPITHELIUM CELL; FIBROSIS; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; STAINING;

ANIMALS; DOGS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FIBROSIS; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; NECROSIS; PROSTATE; PROSTATITIS; RADIATION DOSAGE; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 79952277206     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20966     Document Type: Article

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