Destruction of bladder neoplasms by means of transurethral neodym-YAG-laser coagulation
Staehler, G.; Schmiedt, E.; Hofstetter, A.
Helvetica Chirurgica Acta 45(3): 307-311
1978
ISSN/ISBN: 0018-0181 PMID: 568126 Document Number: 136208
Tumors of the urinary bladder were destroyed successfully by the use of a Neodymium-YAG-laser for the first time at the Department of Urology of the University of Munich. A final estimation of the real value of this method cannot be made because the number of cases was too small and the period of follow-up too short. Nevertheless we hope to increase the spectrum of transurethral treatment of bladder tumors. The use of the Neodymium-YAG-laser irradiation seems to make sense especially in treatment of tumors reaching deep layers of the bladder wall.