Holmium Laser Ablation of the Prostate Versus Photoselective Vaporization of Prostate 60 cc or Less: Short-Term Results of a Prospective Randomized Trial

Journal of Urology

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 133-138

  Elzayat, Ehab A ^a,b   Al Mandil, Majid S ^a   Khalaf, Ismail ^b   Elhilali, Mostafa M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

ablation techniques; lasers; prostatectomy; prostatic hyperplasia; solid state; transurethral resection of prostate

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOTOSELECTIVE VAPORIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE DISEASE; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; URINE FLOW RATE; URINE VOLUME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 67349160007     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2009.02.117     Document Type: Article

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