Relationship between morcellation efficiency and enucleated tissue weight in holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP) for patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia

Japanese Journal of Urology

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 675-678

  Ishikawa, Ryuta ^a,c   Shitara, Toshiya ^a   Wakatabe, Yoji ^a,b   Kubo, Seiichi ^a   Hirayama, Takahiro ^b   Fujita, Tetsuo ^b   Iwamura, Masatsugu ^b   Baba, Shiro ^b  

^a Fuchinobe General Hospital   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Ishikawa Urology Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

BPH; HoLEP; Morcellation

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053596341     PISSN: 00215287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5980/jpnjurol.102.675     Document Type: Article

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