Transurethral Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate Compared with Transvesical Open Prostatectomy: 18-Month Follow-Up of a Randomized Trial

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 189-191

  Kuntz, Rainer M ^a   Lehrich, Karin ^a   Ahyai, Sascha ^a  

^a Vivantes Auguste Viktoria Klinikum   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; BLADDER OBSTRUCTION; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HOLMIUM LASER; HOLMIUM LASER ENUCLEATION OF THE PROSTATE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; ORGAN SIZE; ORGAN WEIGHT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATE SIZE; PROSTATECTOMY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANK SUM TEST; RESIDUAL URINE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; URINE FLOW RATE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOLMIUM; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; METALS, RARE EARTH; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1842864009     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/089277904322959851     Document Type: Conference Paper

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