Open AccessHolmium: yttrium-aluminum-garnet (Ho:YAG) laser for resection of bladder tumor in a pediatric patient
Author(s) -
Süleyman Çakmakçı,
Necmettin Penbegül,
Mehmet Mazhar Utanğaç,
Mansur Dağgülli,
Onur Dede,
Mehmet Nuri Bodakçı,
Ahmet Ali Sancaktutar,
Yaşar Bozkurt
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
pediatric urology case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2148-2969
DOI - 10.14534/pucr.2015512750
Subject(s) - medicine , holmium , yttrium , surgery , resection , laser , materials science , optics , metallurgy , physics , oxide
Bladder tumours are rare in children, with only 0.4% of cases occurring in the first 2 decades of life. Herein, a pediatric patient who underwent TUR-B with a holmium: yttrium-aluminum-garnet ( Ho:YAG) laser is presented. Its histopathology was reported as urothelial papilloma.
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