Initial human clinical experience with diode laser interstitial treatment of BPH

Richard L. Conn; Bruce A. Muggenburg; Fletcher F. Hahn; Willian C. Griffith Jr.; Victor C. Esch

doi:10.1117/12.209086

12 May 1995 Initial human clinical experience with diode laser interstitial treatment of BPH

Richard L. Conn, Bruce A. Muggenburg, Fletcher F. Hahn, Willian C. Griffith Jr., Victor C. Esch

Proceedings Volume 2395, Lasers in Surgery: Advanced Characterization, Therapeutics, and Systems V; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.209086
Event: Photonics West '95, 1995, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

As a possible solution to this problem, previous writers have suggested the possibility of treating BPH through interstitial thermotherapy. In this treatment, prostatic tissue is heated from within the prostate to the point of irreversible necrosis. Healing processes then reduce the volume of the affected tissue, even in the absence of sloughing. This study covers initial human use of such a device, using an 810 nm wavelength diode laser not previously used for such therapy.

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Richard L. Conn, Bruce A. Muggenburg, Fletcher F. Hahn, Willian C. Griffith Jr., and Victor C. Esch "Initial human clinical experience with diode laser interstitial treatment of BPH", Proc. SPIE 2395, Lasers in Surgery: Advanced Characterization, Therapeutics, and Systems V, (12 May 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.209086

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