Photoselective vaporization of the enlarged prostate with KTP laser: Long-term results in 240 patients

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1199-1202

  Sarica, Kemal ^a   Alkan, Erdal ^a   Lüleci, Hüseyin ^a   Taşci, A Ihsan ^a  

^a MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; BLADDER OBSTRUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; KTP LASER; LASER; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; ORGAN SIZE; PHOTOSELECTIVE VAPORIZATION PROSTATECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDUAL VOLUME; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND; URINE CATHETER; URINE FLOW RATE; VAPORIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINATION DISORDERS;

EID: 30544435060     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2005.19.1199     Document Type: Article

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