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Laser surgery is currently considered as an effective alternative in the treatment of several urological diseases. We report on our three-year experience treating recurrent superficial low grade bladder carcinoma in 80 patients using Neodymium: YAG (Nd:YAG) laser. A decrease in local tumour recurrence rate (11%) was observed, but the overall not treated arearecurrence was 45%. No complications were noted when the procedure was carried out on outpatient basis. Furthermore, we have been treating successfully urogenital condylomata using Nd: YAG and carbon dioxide (CO2) lasers in 364 patients. In addition we describe the use of Nd: YAG laser in the percutaneous treatment of a patient with bilateral transitional cell carcinoma of the renal pelvis.
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Sakkas, G., Karagiannis, A., Karayannis, D. et al. Laser treatment in urology: Our experience with neodymium: YAG and carbon dioxide lasers. International Urology and Nephrology 27, 405–412 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02550075
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