OBJECTIVES To report the initial results of treatment of outlet obstruction induced by benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) using interstitial laser coagulation performed with the Indigo 830 nm diode laser system. METHODS A group of 112 men with lower urinary tract symptoms caused by BPH underwent treatment with the Indigo 830 nm laser system between October 1994 and November 1995. Patients wer...

grad u ally changed in re cent years from enucle ation or ex ter nal beam ra di a tion ther apy to fo cal con ser va tive meth ods. Thermotherapy is one of the new est meth ods in this re gard. When cou pled with che mo ther apy, it pro vides sat is fac tory con trol in se lected cases. The pres ent case was a child with his left eye enucleated pre vi ously for ret i no blas toma. The multifoca...

Currently, the main methods of virus elimination fruit crops are dry-air thermotherapy, meristem culture and chemotherapy. The use a complex physical chemical makes it possible to increase efficiency elimination. Improving recovery must be carried out in relation certain types viruses, biological characteristics crop variety. purpose research is study effect Pharmaiod preparation on biometric, ...

BACKGROUND Laser Interstitial ThermoTherapy (LITT) is a well established surgical method. The use of LITT is so far limited to homogeneous tissues, e.g. the liver. One of the reasons is the limited capability of existing treatment planning models to calculate accurately the damage zone. The treatment planning in inhomogeneous tissues, especially of regions near main vessels, poses still a chall...

PURPOSE To assess a biological effect induced by temperature elevation during transpupillary thermotherapy (TTT). METHODS Six pigmented rabbits were anesthetized, and TTT was performed on the right eye using an 810-nm diode laser installed on a slit lamp (spot size, 1.3 mm; duration, 60 seconds; power, 92-150 mW). A series of laser pulses were aimed at the posterior pole of the retina. The le...

Vacancies and interstitial atoms are primary lattice (point) defects that cause observable microstructural changes, such as the formation of dislocation loops and voids in crystalline solids. These defects' diffusion properties determine the phase stability and environmental resistibility of macroscopic materials under ambient conditions. Although in situ methods have been proposed for measurin...