Long-term results of a randomized trial comparing holmium laser enucleation of the prostate and transurethral resection of the prostate: Results at 7 years

BJU International

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 408-411

  Gilling, Peter J ^a   Wilson, Liam C ^a   King, Colleen J ^a   Westenberg, Andre M ^a   Frampton, Christopher M ^b   Fraundorfer, Mark R ^a  

^a TAURANGA HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

benign prostatic enlargement; holmium; prostate; prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA IMPACT INDEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HOLMIUM LASER ENUCLEATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNATIONAL CONTINENCE SOCIETY SHORT FORM MALE QUESTIONNAIRE; INTERNATIONAL INDEX OF ERECTILE FUNCTION; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; ORGAN SIZE; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATE VOLUME; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REOPERATION; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE FLOW RATE; URODYNAMICS;

AGED; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84855967674     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2011.10359.x     Document Type: Article

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