title: [Experience with argon laser in urological diseases (author's transl)].
abstract: The application of the Argon laser in urology has proved to be effective in resecting recurrent, exophytic urothelial tumors of the bladder up to the size of a raspberry. In cases of wide spread bladder tumors we only perform a radiation of the resected area as local recurrence prophylaxis following transurethral resection. The urethroscopic Argon laser irradiation makes laser urethrotomy and evaporisation of urethral strictures possible. Furthermore, a curative and conservative treatment of urethral tumors is possible in combination with chemotherapy. The same applies for the penis carcinoma. Urethral ruptures are also successfully treated by urethroscopic laser recanalization. A determination of the ureteral submucosal course, which may allow a prognosis about the probable maturation, is possible in cases of cystoureteral reflux with the help of laser diaphanoscopy.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008297:Male; D010412:Penile Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D012421:Rupture; D014521:Urethra / Q000293:injuries; D014523:Urethral Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D014525:Urethral Stricture / Q000601:surgery; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D014570:Urologic Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D014718:Vesico-Ureteral Reflux / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Erfahrungen mit der Argon-Laserapplikation bei urologischen Erkrankungen.