Critical review of lasers in benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)

BJU International

Volumn 107, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1030-1043

  Gravas, Stavros ^a   Bachmann, Alexander ^b   Reich, Oliver ^c   Roehrborn, Claus G ^d   Gilling, Peter J ^e   De La Rosette, Jean ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e TAURANGA HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^f ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

benign prostatic hyperplasia; diode laser; holmium (Ho) laser; KTP laser; laser prostatectomy; thulium (Tm) laser

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; HOLMIUM; NEODYMIUM; THULIUM; YTTRIUM;

CASE CONTROL STUDY; CASE STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIODE LASER; DYSURIA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNATIONAL PROSTATE SYMPTOM SCORE; LASER COAGULATION; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORBIDITY; NEODYMIUM LASER; ORGAN SIZE; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATE SIZE; PROSTATECTOMY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REOPERATION; RETROGRADE EJACULATION; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSURETHRAL ELECTROVAPORIZATION; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA STRICTURE; URGE INCONTINENCE;

ALUMINUM; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; PROSTATISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YTTRIUM;

EID: 79953228070     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2010.09954.x     Document Type: Review

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