A short-term comparative study on efficacy and safety of standard transurethral resection and high power (80W) potassium-titanyl-phosphate laser vaporization of the prostate

Korean Journal of Urology

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1251-1255

  Hwang, Eu Chang ^b   Joo, Jae Sang ^b   Min, Kyung Dai ^a   Oh, Bong Ryoul ^a   Kang, Taek Won ^b   Kwon, Dong Deuk ^b   Park, Kwangsung ^b   Ryu, Soo Bang ^b  

^a Best Eye Clinic   (South Korea)

^b Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Benign prostatic hyperplasia; Lasers; TURP

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM; TITANIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; BLEEDING; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KOLMOGOROV SMIRNOV TEST; LASER SURGERY; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRETEST POSTTEST CONTROL GROUP DESIGN; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDUAL URINE; SAFETY; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TRANSURETHRAL ELECTROVAPORIZATION; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; URINE FLOW RATE;

EID: 32944456972     PISSN: 04944747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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