Influence of prostate size on the outcome of holmium laser enucleation of the prostate

BJU International

Volumn 101, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1536-1541

  Shah, Hemendra N ^a   Sodha, Hiren S ^a   Kharodawala, Shabbir J ^a   Khandkar, Amit A ^a   Hegde, Sunil S ^a   Bansal, Manish B ^a  

^a RG Stone Urological Research Institute   (India)

Author keywords

BPH; Complications; HoLEP; Holmium laser; Laser prostatectomy; Prostate

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; HOLMIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER INJURY; BLADDER OBSTRUCTION; CANCER SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FLOW RATE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; LASER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RESIDUAL URINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOLMIUM; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 43949141442     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2007.07434.x     Document Type: Article

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