High-power potassium-titanyl-phosphate laser fibres for endovaporization of benign prostatic hyperplasia: How much do they deteriorate during the procedure?

BJU International

Volumn 107, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1938-1942

  Schwartz, Julien ^a   Renard, Julien ^a   Wolf, Jean Pierre ^b   Moret, Michel ^b   Iselin, Christophe E ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

benign prostatic hyperplasia; KTP laser; laser fibre; photoselective vaporization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLD; CYSTOSCOPY; DEVICE; DIODE; ENDOVAPORIZATION; ENERGY; HIGH POWER POTASSIUM TITANYL PHOSPHATE LASER FIBRE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LASER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE; VAPORIZATION;

EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 79957846557     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2010.09760.x     Document Type: Article

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