Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy Using The Potassium Titnyl Phosphate Laser In A Porcine Model

... UroToday.com - Working with an 80 watt KTP laser delivered in a noncontact mode via a 600 micron fiber, these authors successfully completed 15 laparoscopic partial nephrectomies in pigs. This was done without clamping any renal vessels. In only one case additional hemostatic maneuvers were needed. The zone of necrotic tissue on the renal remnant was only 1 mm. [click link for full article] ...