1. Volume 52, Issue 6, Pages 1723-1728 (December 2007)
980-nm Diode Laser: A Novel Laser Technology for Vaporization of the Prostate 
Gunnar Wendt-Nordahl, Stephanie Huckele, Patrick Honeck, Peter Alken, Thomas Knoll, Maurice Stephan Michel, Axel Häcker 
European Urology 
Volume 52, Issue 6, Pages (December 2007)
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2. Fig. 1
Ablation rate of the 980-nm diode laser at various output power levels compared with the potassium-titanyl-phosphate (KTP) laser and transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP). Use of high-power levels of tissue ablation has increased compared with KTP laser (p<0.05). Only 30s are needed to resect the same surface area with TURP. N=5 experiments were carried out per parameter.
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3. Fig. 2
Bleeding rate of the 980-nm diode laser at various output power levels compared with the potassium-titanyl-phosphate (KTP) laser and transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) in a logarithmical scale. For both lasers, bleeding rate is reduced approximately by the factor 100 compared with TURP (p<0.05; n=5).
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4. Fig. 3
Comparison of coagulation zone depth achieved with the 980-nm diode laser at different output power levels, potassium-titanyl-phosphate (KTP) laser, and transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP). The KTP laser displays a significantly higher coagulation depth than TURP and the diode laser (p<0.05; n=5).
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