A randomized trial of photoselective vaporization of the prostate using the 80-W potassium-titanyl-phosphate laser vs transurethral prostatectomy, with a 1-year follow-up

BJU International

Volumn 105, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 964-969

  Bouchier Hayes, David M ^a,b   Van Appledorn, Scott ^a   Bugeja, Pat ^a   Crowe, Helen ^a   Challacombe, Ben ^a   Costello, Anthony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Galway Clinic   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Laser; Potassium titanyl phosphate; Prostatectomy; Randomized trial; TURP

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNATIONAL PROSTATE SYMPTOM SCORE; LASER SURGERY; LAVAGE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POTASSIUM TITANYL PHOSPHATE LASER ABLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUAL FUNCTION; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; URINE FLOW RATE;

AGED; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; PROSTATISM; QUALITY OF LIFE; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER NECK OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 77749255544     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2009.08961.x     Document Type: Article

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