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Laser advances in urology
1Department of Urology, Harvard Medical School, Mt. Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, MA.
Journal of Clinical Laser Medicine & Surgery
|August 1, 1993
Abstract:
This paper reviews the current use of lasers in urology--CO 2, Nd:YAG, KTP/532, Diode, pulsed dye--and describes the most common procedures performed with them. It discusses surgical techniques of lasers that are expected to be useful to urologists in the future and concludes that lasers are important tools for this specialty.
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