Lasers in the upper urinary tract for non-stone disease.
Though the most common use for lasers in the genitourinary tract is for urolithiasis, a number of other urologic conditions can be treated with lasers because of their unique ablative, destructive and hemostatic properties. This paper reviews the advantages and disadvantages of laser technology for a number of non-stone indications.
Phillips
Courtney K
CK
Department of Urology, Columbia University School of Medicine, 161 Fort Washington Avenue, Room 1111, New York, NY 10032, USA.
Landman
Jaime
J
D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D014515:Ureteral Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D018666:Ureteroscopy; D014570:Urologic Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D014571:Urologic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*