Hi-tech of the prostate: Interstitial laser coagulation of benign prostatic hypertrophy

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 1643, Issue , 1992, Pages 25-34

  Muschter, Rolf ^a   Hofstetter, Alfons ^a   Hessel, Stefan ^b   Keiditsch, Ernst ^c   Rothenberger, Karl Heinz ^d   Schneede, Peter ^a   Frank, Frank ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MBB Medizintechnik GmbH ^*  (Germany)

^c KLINIKUM BOGENHAUSEN   (Germany)

^d Hospital Landshut   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONIZATION; CELL DEATH; COAGULATION; IRRADIATION; NEODYMIUM LASERS; PROBES; SURGERY; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; UROLOGY; YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET;

BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERTROPHY; IN-VIVO EXPERIMENTS; LASER COAGULATION; LONG-TERM RESULTS; MACROSCOPIC AND MICROSCOPIC; TIME RESOLVED MEASUREMENT; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASOUND;

LASER SURGERY;

EID: 85075603538     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.137385     Document Type: Conference Paper

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