Holmium laser enucleation of the prostate: Efficiency gained by experience and operative technique

Journal of Urology

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 635-640

  Dusing, Michael W ^a   Krambeck, Amy E ^d   Terry, Colin ^b   Matlaga, Brian R ^f   Miller, Nicole L ^g   Humphreys, Mitchell R ^e   Gnessin, Ehud ^c   Lingeman, James E ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE DISEASE; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE;

EID: 77955467155     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2010.03.130     Document Type: Article

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