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Laser Assisted Urethrotomia Interna

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Unfortunately cold knife urethrotomy of urethral strictures has only a very limited succsess rate. Recurrences are seen in 50 to 70% of the cases.

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  1. Abtlg. f. Urologie, Städt. Krankenhaus München-Bogenhausen, Englschalkinger Straße 77, 8000, München 81, Deutschland

    A. Schilling, A. Friesen & R. Böwering

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  1. Institute for Medical Optics, University of Munich, Germany

    Wilhelm Waidelich (Professor, Head) (Professor, Head)

  2. Munich, Germany

    Raphaela Waidelich (Physician) (Physician)

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Schilling, A., Friesen, A., Böwering, R. (1988). Laser Assisted Urethrotomia Interna. In: Waidelich, W., Waidelich, R. (eds) LASER Optoelectronics in Medicine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-72870-9_79

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