Treatment of Benign Urethral Strictures Using a Sapphire Tipped Neodymium:Yag Laser
- 1 November 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Urology
- Vol. 142 (5), 1221-1222
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-5347(17)39035-3
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.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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