Holmium laser ablation and enucleation of the prostate: A pilot study of the hybrid technique

Canadian Journal of Urology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 5190-5194

  Helfand, Brian T ^a   Manvar, Ankur M ^a   Auffenberg, Gregory B ^a   Blackwell, Robert ^a   Hartman, Robert J ^a   McVary, Kevin T ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Benign prostatic hyperplasia; Enucleation; Holmium laser

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATISM; SOLID STATE LASER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; PROSTATISM;

EID: 79958055255     PISSN: 11959479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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