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Treatment of benign urethral strictures using a sapphire tipped neodymium:YAG laser
1Department of Surgery, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City.
The Journal of Urology
|November 1, 1989
Abstract:
Sapphire tips increase the energy density and cutting effect of a neodymium:YAG laser. Sapphire tipped neodymium:YAG laser fibers were used to perform urethrotomy in 24 men with benign urethral strictures. The cutting effect was inadequate in 10 patients. Of the 24 patients 16 (67%) had a recurrent stricture within 1 year. Sapphire tipped neodymium:YAG laser fibers offer no apparent advantage over cold knife urethrotomy for treatment of benign urethral strictures.