A Randomised Trial Comparing Holmium Laser Enucleation Versus Transurethral Resection in the Treatment of Prostates Larger Than 40 Grams: Results at 2 Years

European Urology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 569-573

  Wilson, Liam C ^a   Gilling, Peter J ^a   Williams, Andrew ^a   Kennett, Katie M ^a   Frampton, Chris M ^b   Westenberg, Andre M ^a   Fraundorfer, Mark R ^a  

^a TAURANGA HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia; Holmium; Laser Surgery; Prostate; Prostatectomy; Randomised Controlled Trials; Transurethral; Urodynamics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER FUNCTION; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FOLLOW UP; HOLMIUM LASER ENUCLEATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESIDUAL VOLUME; SYMPTOM; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; URINE FLOW RATE; URODYNAMICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HOLMIUM; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; LASER SURGERY; LASER THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER NECK OBSTRUCTION; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 33746932181     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2006.04.002     Document Type: Article

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