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Extending uses of holmium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet laser--deflating blocked catheter balloon
1Department of Urology, Blackburn Royal Infirmary, Blackburn, United Kingdom. thirugunendran@hotmail.com
Urology
|February 8, 2006
Abstract:
The nondeflating catheter balloon is infrequently encountered by urologists and can pose quite a challenge. We describe a new technique for its removal using the holmium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet laser when noninvasive methods have failed.

