An effective method to shorten the learning curve of HoLEP

Acta Urologica Japonica

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 431-434

  Hirayama, Takahiro ^a   Shitara, Toshiya ^a   Fujita, Tetsuo ^b   Iwamura, Masatsugu ^b   Kubo, Seiichi ^a   Baba, Shiro ^b  

^a Fuchinobe General Hospital   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beginner; BPH; Enucleation; HoLEP; Learning curve

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; SOLID STATE LASER; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; PROCEDURES; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; THERAPEUTIC USE;

AGED; HUMANS; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956968198     PISSN: 00181994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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