Holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP): The methodist hospital experience with greater than 75 gram enucleations

Journal of Urology

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 149-152

  Kuo, Ramsay L ^a   Kim, Samuel C ^a   Lingeman, James E ^a   Paterson, Ryan F ^a   Watkins, Stephanie L ^a   Simmons, Garrick R ^a   Steele, Ronald E ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Holmium; Lasers; Minimally invasive; Prostate; Prostatic hyperplasia; Surgical procedures

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CONTRACTION; BLADDER INJURY; BLADDER MUCOSA; BLOOD CLOTTING; HOLMIUM LASER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PERFORATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL RISK; TRANSFUSION; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038002794     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000070686.56806.a1     Document Type: Article

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