Long-term results of high-power holmium laser vaporization (ablation) of the prostate

BJU International

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 707-709

  Tan, A H H ^a   Gilling, P J ^a,b   Kennett, K M ^a   Fletcher, H ^a   Fraundorfer, M R ^a  

^a TAURANGA HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b Promed Urology Tauranga   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Contact laser ablation; Holmium laser; Prostate; Prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BLADDER STONE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REOPERATION; SYMPTOM; TELEPHONE; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; URINE FLOW RATE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; URINARY INCONTINENCE; URINATION;

EID: 0345689606     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.2003.04474.x     Document Type: Article

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