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Bladder perforation resulting from the use of the neodymium:YAG laser
F J Greskovich1, A C von Eschenbach
1Department of Urology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030.
Lasers in Surgery and Medicine
|January 1, 1991
Abstract:
Complications resulting from the use of the neodymium:YAG (Nd:YAG) laser to treat superficial bladder cancer are uncommon and are usually associated with abnormally high laser power outputs. We report a case of bladder perforation in a human attributed to the Nd:YAG laser used at a low power setting and comment on those factors that contributed to this complication.