A Review of the Recent Evidence (2006-2008) for 532-nm Photoselective Laser Vaporisation and Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate

European Urology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1345-1357

  Naspro, Richard ^a   Bachmann, Alexander ^b   Gilling, Peter ^c   Kuntz, Rainer ^d   Madersbacher, Stephan ^e   Montorsi, Francesco ^f   Reich, Oliver ^g   Stief, Christian ^g   Vavassori, Ivano ^a  

^a Humanitas Gavazzeni Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c TAURANGA HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^d Vivantes Auguste Viktoria Klinikum   (Germany)

^e Donauspital ^*  (Austria)

^f VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^g LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bladder outlet obstruction; Holmium; Holmium laser prostatectomy; Laser surgery; Laser vaporisation; Potassium titanyl Phosphate lasers; Prostatic hyperplasia

Indexed keywords

CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA SYNTHESIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EVALUATION RESEARCH; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEDLINE; ORGAN SIZE; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE HOLMIUM LASER ENUCLEATION; PROSTATE LASER VAPORIZATION; PROSTATE SURGERY; PROSTATECTOMY; REOPERATION; REVIEW; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65049090581     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2009.03.070     Document Type: Review

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