Update on photoselective vaporization of the prostate

Current Urology Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 106-112

  Sountoulides, Petros ^b   De La Rosette, Jean J M C H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM DERIVATIVE; POTASSIUM TITANYL PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PHOTOSELECTIVE VAPORIZATION OF THE PROSTATE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSTATE; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATE SURGERY; REVIEW; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; VAPORIZATION; YAG LASER;

HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 41649108088     PISSN: 15272737     EISSN: 15346285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11934-008-0021-4     Document Type: Review

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