Holmium laser prostatectomy

BJU International

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 527-530

  Tan, A H H ^a   Gilling, P J ^a,b  

^a TAURANGA HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b Promed Urology Tauranga   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Contact laser ablation; Holmium laser; Prostate; Transurethral resection

Indexed keywords

BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HOLMIUM LASER PROSTATECTOMY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER SURGERY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; NEODYMIUM LASER; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; SHORT SURVEY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE CATHETER; URODYNAMICS;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0142092343     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.2003.04426.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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