Transurethral holmium laser enucleation of the prostate versus transurethral electrocautery resection of the prostate: A randomized prospective trial in 200 patients

Journal of Urology

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1012-1016

  Kuntz, Rainer M ^a   Ahyai, Sascha ^a   Lehrich, Karin ^a   Fayad, Amr ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Bladder neck obstruction; Laser surgery; Prostate; Prostatic hyperplasia; Transurethral resection of prostate

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CAUTERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; ENUCLEATION; HOLMIUM LASER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE ADENOMA; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESIDUAL VOLUME; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARD; SURGICAL PATIENT; SYMPTOM; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE FLOW RATE; URINE VOLUME; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 4143083831     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000136218.11998.9e     Document Type: Article

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