Holmium Laser Enucleation versus Transurethral Resection of the Prostate: 3-Year Follow-Up Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial

European Urology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1456-1464

  Ahyai, Sascha A ^a   Lehrich, Karin ^b   Kuntz, Rainer M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b Vivantes Auguste Viktoria Klinikum   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benign prostatic hyperplasia; Benign prostatic obstruction; BPH; BPO; HoLEP; Holmium; Holmium laser enucleation; Laser surgery; TURP

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER SPASM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MICTURITION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; URETHRA STRICTURE; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINATION DISORDERS; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 34548864378     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2007.04.053     Document Type: Article

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