Thulium Laser versus Standard Transurethral Resection of the Prostate: A Randomized Prospective Trial

European Urology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 382-390

  Xia, Shu Jie ^a   Zhuo, Jian ^a   Sun, Xiao Wen ^a   Han, Bang Min ^a   Shao, Yi ^a   Zhang, Yi Nan ^a  

^a SHANGHAI FIRST PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Benign prostatic hyperplasia; Laser surgery; Prostatectomy; Tangerine technique; Thulium

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROGRADE EJACULATION; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THULIUM LASER RESECTION OF PROSTATE TANGERINE TECHNIQUE; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA STRICTURE; URGE INCONTINENCE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URODYNAMICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; THULIUM; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 37349032226     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2007.05.019     Document Type: Article

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