Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate Versus Open Prostatectomy for Prostates >70 g: 24-Month Follow-up

European Urology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 563-568

  Naspro, Richard ^a   Suardi, Nazareno ^a   Salonia, Andrea ^a   Scattoni, Vincenzo ^a   Guazzoni, Giorgio ^a   Colombo, Renzo ^a   Cestari, Andrea ^a   Briganti, Alberto ^a   Mazzoccoli, Bruno ^a   Rigatti, Patrizio ^a   Montorsi, Francesco ^a  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benign prostatic hyperplasia; Holmium; Laser surgery; Open prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER OBSTRUCTION; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CATHETER REMOVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HOLMIUM LASER ENUCLEATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATING ROOM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE SURGERY; PROSTATECTOMY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URODYNAMICS; UROFLOWMETRY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOLMIUM; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; LASER THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; ORGAN SIZE; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOISOTOPES; URINARY BLADDER NECK OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 33746875273     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2006.04.003     Document Type: Article

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