Outcome of GreenLight HPS 120-W Laser Therapy in Specific Patient Populations: Those in Retention, on Anticoagulants, and with Large Prostates (≥ 80 ml)

European Urology, Supplements

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 378-383

  Woo, Henry ^a   Reich, Oliver ^b   Bachmann, Alexander ^c   Choi, Benjamin ^d   Collins, Edward ^e   de la Rosette, Jean ^f   Gómez Sancha, Fernando ^g   Muir, Gordon ^h   Tabatabaei, Shahin ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^e California Urological Services   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^g Institute of Advanced Urological Surgery   (Spain)

^h KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticoagulants; Benign prostatic hyperplasia; GreenLight HPS 120 W laser; Prostate size; Urinary retention

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; WARFARIN;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; DYSURIA; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATECTOMY; REOPERATION; RESIDUAL URINE; RETROGRADE EJACULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA STRICTURE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE FLOW RATE; URINE INCONTINENCE; URINE RETENTION;

EID: 44449169121     PISSN: 15699056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eursup.2008.01.016     Document Type: Article

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