Erbium:YAG laser incision of urethral strictures: early clinical results

John A. Munoz M.D.; Jennifer D. Riemer R.N.; Gary B. Hayes; Dan Negus; Nathaniel M. Fried

doi:10.1117/12.700245

23 March 2007 Erbium:YAG laser incision of urethral strictures: early clinical results

John A. Munoz M.D., Jennifer D. Riemer R.N., Gary B. Hayes, Dan Negus, Nathaniel M. Fried

Proceedings Volume 6424, Photonic Therapeutics and Diagnostics III; 64241F (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.700245
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2007, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

Two cases involving Erbium:YAG laser incision of proximal bulbar urethral strictures are described. Erbium:YAG laser radiation with a wavelength of 2.94 &mgr;m, pulse energy of 10 mJ, and a pulse repetition rate of 15 Hz, was delivered through a 2-m-long, 250-&mgr;m-core sapphire optical fiber in contact with tissue. Total laser irradiation time was 5 min. The first patient suffering from a virgin urethral stricture was treated and is stricture-free. The second patient suffering from a recurrent urethral stricture required further treatment. This case report describes the first clinical application of the Er:YAG laser in urology.

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John A. Munoz M.D., Jennifer D. Riemer R.N., Gary B. Hayes, Dan Negus, and Nathaniel M. Fried "Erbium:YAG laser incision of urethral strictures: early clinical results", Proc. SPIE 6424, Photonic Therapeutics and Diagnostics III, 64241F (23 March 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.700245

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