Vaporization of prostates of ≥80 mL using a potassium-titanyl-phosphate laser: Midterm-results and comparison with prostates of <80 mL

BJU International

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 322-327

  Pfitzenmaier, Jesco ^a   Gilfrich, Christian ^a   Pritsch, Maria ^a   Herrmann, Daniela ^a   Buse, Stephan ^a   Haferkamp, Axel ^a   Djakovic, Nenad ^a   Pahernik, Sascha ^a   Hohenfellner, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

BPH; KTP; Laser; LUTS; Prostate vaporization

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CATHETER REMOVAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL PROSTATE SYMPTOM SCORE; LASER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTVOID RESIDUAL URINE VOLUME; POTASSIUM TITANYL PHOSPHATE LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REOPERATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE FLOW RATE; URINE RETENTION; VAPORIZATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSTATECTOMY; RISK FACTOR; SOLID STATE LASER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOLATILIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 47649090234     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2008.07563.x     Document Type: Article

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