High Power Diode Laser Vaporization of the Prostate: Preliminary Results for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

Journal of Urology

Volumn 182, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1078-1082

  Erol, Ali ^a   Cam, Kamil ^a   Tekin, Ali ^a   Memik, Omur ^a   Coban, Soner ^a   Ozer, Yavuz ^a  

^a DUZCE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

ablation techniques; lasers; prostate; prostatic hyperplasia; urinary bladder neck obstruction

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; BLEEDING; CHRONIC PROSTATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE LASER; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROGENIC BLADDER; ORGAN SIZE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDUAL URINE; RETROGRADE EJACULATION; SCORING SYSTEM; STRESS INCONTINENCE; URETER CATHETERIZATION; URGE INCONTINENCE; VAPORIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; URINARY BLADDER NECK OBSTRUCTION; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 68149156397     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2009.05.043     Document Type: Article

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