A 4-year follow-up of a randomized prospective study comparing transurethral electrovaporization of the prostate with neodymium: YAG laser therapy for treating benign prostatic hyperplasia

BJU International

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 801-805

  Abdel Khalek, M ^a   El Hammady, S ^a   Ibrahiem, El Housseiny ^a  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Benign prostatic hyperplasia; BPH; Electrovaporization; Nd:YAG laser; Prostatectomy; TUVP

Indexed keywords

NEODYMIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CAPACITY; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOMETRY; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; TRANSURETHRAL ELECTROVAPORIZATION; YAG LASER;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROSURGERY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEODYMIUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038310991     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.2003.04245.x     Document Type: Article

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