Safety and efficacy of eraser laser enucleation of the prostate: Preliminary report

Journal of Urology

Volumn 186, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1967-1971

  Lusuardi, Lukas ^a   Myatt, Andrew ^a   Sieberer, Manuela ^a   Jeschke, Stefan ^a   Zimmermann, Reinhold ^a   Janetschek, Gnter ^a  

^a PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

laser therapy; prostate; prostatic hyperplasia; transurethral resection of prostate; urinary bladder neck obstruction

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; BLEEDING; BLOOD VOLUME; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE LASER; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; ORGAN SIZE; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE LASER ENUCLEATION; PROSTATE SURGERY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL PATIENT; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TREATMENT DURATION; URINE FLOW RATE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGED; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; LENGTH OF STAY; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOMS; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE; URINARY BLADDER NECK OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 80053984941     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2011.07.026     Document Type: Article

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