Holmium laser enucleation of the prostate: The safety, efficacy, and learning experience in China

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1031-1036

  Du, Chuanjun ^a   Jin, Xiao ^a   Bai, Fuding ^a   Qiu, Yiqing ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATE SURGERY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGED; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CHINA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY INCONTINENCE; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 43749090002     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2007.0262     Document Type: Article

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