title: Some clinical applications of carbon dioxide laser in urologic surgery.
abstract: Four clinical cases are presented in which the carbon dioxide laser was used as an adjunct to control massive post-prostatectomy bleeding, minimize parenchymal damage in a patient with bilateral renal tumors and impaired renal function, and in bivalving the kidney in 2 patients with staghorn calculus in order to shorten operative time and reduce blood loss.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D005260:Female; D006488:Hemostasis, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000601:surgery*; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000601:surgery; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery; D011468:Prostatectomy
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide