Photoselective vaporization of the prostate: The Basel experience after 108 procedures

European Urology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 798-804

  Bachmann, Alexander ^a   Ruszat, Robin ^a   Wyler, Stephen ^a   Reich, Oliver ^b   Seifert, Helge H ^a   Müller, Alexander ^a   Sulser, Tullio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

KTP; Laser vaporization; LUTS due to BPH; TURP alternatives

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM DERIVATIVE; POTASSIUM TITANYL PHOSPHATE; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; TITANIUM DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; LASER VAPORIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RESIDUAL VOLUME; SAFETY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA DISEASE; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; URINE FLOW RATE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHATES; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; TITANIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINATION DISORDERS; URODYNAMICS; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 19744380786     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2005.02.003     Document Type: Article

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