Outcomes of 80 W KTP laser vaporization of the large prostate

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 316-320

  Tugcu, Volkan ^a   Tasci, Ali I ^a   Sahin, Selcuk ^a   Ordekci, Yilmaz ^b   Karakas, Omer F ^b   Zorluoglu, Fatih ^b  

^a Bakirkoy Training and Research Hospital ^*  (Turkey)

^b Nisa Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Benign prostatic hyperplasia; KTP laser; Large prostate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER CONTRACTION; BLOOD CLOT; CATHETERIZATION; DYSURIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTVOID RESIDUAL URINE VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; URETHROTOMY; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE RETENTION; VAPORIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; COHORT STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINATION DISORDERS; URODYNAMICS; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 36249024185     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000109716     Document Type: Article

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