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

European Urology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 390-

  Seitz, Michael ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER SURGERY; MORBIDITY; NEODYMIUM LASER; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATE SURGERY; THULIUM LASER RESECTION OF THE PROSTATE; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; THULIUM; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 37349055142     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2007.05.020     Document Type: Note

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