Lasers are superfluous for the surgical management of benign prostatic hyperplasia in the developing world

Indian Journal of Urology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 413-414

  Gupta, Narmada P ^a   Anand, Ajay ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

BPH; Lasers

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENUCLEATION; FOLLOW UP; HEMOSTASIS; HOLMIUM LASER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER PROSTATECTOMY; MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; REVIEW; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION;

EID: 70349832769     PISSN: 09701591     EISSN: 19983824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-1591.56190     Document Type: Review

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