High-power KTP laser prostatectomy: The new challenge to transurethral resection of the prostate

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 21-25

  Barber, Neil J ^a   Muir, Gordon H ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benign prostatic hyperplasia; Day case; KTP; Laser

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; LASER; LASER SURGERY; POTASSIUM TITANYL PHOSPHATE LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATECTOMY; REVIEW; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; AGED; ANIMAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DOG; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URODYNAMICS;

TITANIUM;

AGED; ANIMALS; CLINICAL TRIALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TITANIUM; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 2342471283     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042307-200401000-00005     Document Type: Review

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