Visual laser ablation of the prostate and transurethral resection of the prostate for benign prostatic hyperplasia

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 3, Issue S1, 1996, Pages

  Uchida, Toyoaki ^a   Ohori, Makoto ^a   Iwamura, Masatsugu ^a   Egawa, Shin ^a   Ao, Teruaki ^a   Yokoyama, Eiji ^a   Mashimo, Setsuo ^a   Endo, Tadao ^a   Koshiba, Ken ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Benign prostatic hyperplasia; Transurethral resection of the prostate; Visual laser ablation of the prostate

Indexed keywords

BLADDER NECK; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CATHETER; CONFERENCE PAPER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEODYMIUM LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; URINE RETENTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER OBSTRUCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORTALITY; PROSTATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; VISUAL LASER ABLATION OF THE PROSTATE;

BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF THE PROSTATE; VISUAL LASER ABLATION OF THE PROSTATE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER NECK OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 0030455847     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: 14422042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.1996.tb00088.x     Document Type: Article

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