Holmium laser enucleation versus bipolar resection of the prostate: A prospective randomized study. which to choose?

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1347-1352

  Fayad, Amr S ^a   El Sheikh, Mohamed G ^a   Zakaria, Tamer ^a   Elfottoh, Hazem A ^a   Alsergany, Rageb ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HOLMIUM ENUCLEATION OF THE PROSTATE; HOLMIUM LASER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL PROSTATE SYMPTOM SCORE; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATE SURGERY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESIDUAL URINE; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; URINE FLOW RATE;

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

EID: 80052775639     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: 1557900X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2011.0059     Document Type: Article

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