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laser prostatectomy

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laser prostatectomy,
removal of the prostate after it has been exposed to a laser either by direct contact with vaporization or by an indirect system that causes coagulation necrosis.


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After discussing various ways to approach bladder problems, the patient and physician decided to try laser prostatectomy (the removal of the prostate gland by laser).
He studied 227 men who received the procedure - laser prostatectomy - at Stanford and the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Palo Alto, Calif.
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