Photoselective vaporization for prostatic obstruction with the 120-W lithium triborate laser: 1-year clinical outcomes

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 162-165

  Woo, Henry Hyunshik ^a,b   Hossack, Tania Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b SYDNEY ADVENTIST HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benign prostatic hyperplasia; Laser prostatectomy; Lithium triborate; Prostate; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; LITHIUM; SOLIFENACIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL PROSTATE SYMPTOM SCORE; LASER PROSTATECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; POSTVOID RESIDUAL URINE VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE FLOW RATE; VAPORIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79251587474     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: 14422042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2010.02686.x     Document Type: Article

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