Three-Year Outcome following Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate Combined with Mechanical Morcellation in 330 Consecutive Patients

European Urology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 599-606

  Vavassori, Ivano ^a   Valenti, Sergio ^a   Naspro, Richard ^a   Vismara, Alberto ^a   dell'Acqua, Vincenzo ^a   Manzetti, Alberto ^a   Hurle, Rodolfo ^a  

^a Humanitas Gavazzeni Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benign prostatic hyperplasia; BPH; Holmium; Laser surgery; Lasers; Prostatectomy; TURP

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; SODIUM;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENUCLEATION; FOLLOW UP; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOLMIUM LASER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL PROSTATE SYMPTOM SCORE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECHANICAL MORCELLATION; ORGAN SIZE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAMETER; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REOPERATION; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; URINE FLOW RATE;

AGED; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER NECK OBSTRUCTION; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 38749100178     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2007.10.059     Document Type: Article

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