Transurethral microwave heating without urethral cooling: theory and experimental results

Zbigniew P. Petrovich; Melvin Astrahan; Luc Baert M.D.

doi:10.1117/12.43899

1 July 1991 Transurethral microwave heating without urethral cooling: theory and experimental results

Zbigniew P. Petrovich, Melvin Astrahan, Luc Baert M.D.

Proceedings Volume 1421, Lasers in Urology, Laparoscopy, and General Surgery; (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.43899
Event: Optics, Electro-Optics, and Laser Applications in Science and Engineering, 1991, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

Transurethral microwave hyperthermia is emerging as an important treatment modality in the management of patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia. The existing transurethral applicators are easy to operate and some have been designed to be disposable. Heating patterns measured in the laboratory and clinically are similar. There is a predictable temperature distribution clinically useful in the immediate periurethral prostate. Results of preclinical studies have been presented.

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Zbigniew P. Petrovich, Melvin Astrahan, and Luc Baert M.D. "Transurethral microwave heating without urethral cooling: theory and experimental results", Proc. SPIE 1421, Lasers in Urology, Laparoscopy, and General Surgery, (1 July 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.43899

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