Holmium Laser Applications of the Prostate

Urologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 485-495

  Lerner, Lori B ^a,b   Tyson, Mark D ^c  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Holmium; Holmium laser enucleation of the prostate; Laser; Laser physics; Prostate; Surgery

Indexed keywords

HEMOSTASIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATECTOMY; REVIEW; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TREATMENT INDICATION; URODYNAMICS;

ENDOSCOPY; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HOLMIUM; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; MALE; PHYSICS; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA;

EID: 70449720658     PISSN: 00940143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ucl.2009.07.005     Document Type: Review

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