The VLAP system (Visual Laser Ablation of the Prostate): comparative study of the contact versus non-contact technique on a series of 100 cases;Le système VLAP (Visual Laser Ablation of the Prostate) : Etude comparative de la technique contact versus non contact sur une série de 100 cas

Progres en Urologie

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 235-239

  Breteau, Denis ^a   Koutani, Abdellatif ^b   Albert, Paul ^a   Morin, Noëlle ^a   Salvo, André ^a  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT JOSEPH   (France)

^b Child and Adolescent Psychopathology Unit Salvator Hospital Public Assistance Marseille Hospitals University Aix Marseille II   (France)

Author keywords

Benign prostatic hyperplasia; Contact and non contact VLAP system

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSURGERY; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATECTOMY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URODYNAMICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROSURGERY; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 0031114996     PISSN: 11667087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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