Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate versus Open Prostatectomy for Prostates Greater than 100 Grams: 5-Year Follow-Up Results of a Randomised Clinical Trial

European Urology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 160-168

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

^a Vivantes Auguste Viktoria Klinikum   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benign prostatic hyperplasia; Bladder outlet obstruction; HoLEP; Holmium; Laser surgery; Open prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATECTOMY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REOPERATION; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; URETHRA STRICTURE; URINE FLOW RATE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 36448960844     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2007.08.036     Document Type: Article

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