The 532-nm 180-W (GreenLight®) laser vaporization of the prostate for the treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms: How durable is the new side-fire fiber with integrated cooling system?

Lasers in Medical Science

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1307-1312

  Brunken, Claus ^a   Munsch, Maximilian ^b   Tauber, Stephan ^a   Schmidt, Rainer ^a   Seitz, Christian ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Laser Zentrum Nord GmbH   (Germany)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

532 nm side fire laser vaporization; Benign prostatic hyperplasia; BPO; Fiber degradation; GreenLight ; Laser fiber

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASER; COOLING; DEGRADATION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FIBER; HEATING; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE ADENOMA; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATE VOLUME; SENSOR; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VAPORIZATION; LASER; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOMS; PROCEDURES; PROSTATE;

HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOMS; MALE; PROSTATE;

EID: 84902819779     PISSN: 02688921     EISSN: 1435604X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10103-013-1320-7     Document Type: Article

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