Holmium Laser Enucleation of Prostate: Outcome and Complications of Self-taught Learning Curve

Urology

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1042-1048

  Placer, José ^a,b   Gelabert Mas, Antoni ^b   Vallmanya, Felip ^c   Manresa, Josep M ^d   Menéndez, Violeta ^e   Cortadellas, Ramón ^e   Arango, Octavio ^e  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI ARNAU DE VILANOVA   (Spain)

^d INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; ENUCLEATION; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; RESIDUAL URINE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URETHRA STRICTURE; URINE FLOW RATE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER NECK OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 65249163415     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2008.12.052     Document Type: Article

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