Two-year follow-up results of a prospective randomized trial comparing hybrid laser prostatectomy with TURP in the treatment of big benign prostates

Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 200-204

  Tuhkanen, K ^a   Heino, A ^a   Ala Opas, M ^a  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Hybrid laser treatment; Prostate; Randomized trial; TURP

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER COAGULATION; LASER SURGERY; MALE; NEODYMIUM LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REOPERATION; RESIDUAL URINE; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE FLOW RATE;

AGED; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; TIME FACTORS; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE;

EID: 0034934841     PISSN: 00365599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003655901750291962     Document Type: Article

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