EAU guidelines on laser technologies

European Urology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 783-795

  Herrmann, Thomas R W ^a   Liatsikos, Evangelos N ^b   Nagele, Udo ^c   Traxer, Olivier ^d   Merseburger, Axel S ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c Hall in Tirol ^*  (Austria)

^d HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

Author keywords

Bladder cancer; BPE; BPH; BPO; EAU; Endoscopy; Endoureterectomy; Guidelines; Ho:YAG; KTP PVP; Laparoscopy; Laser therapy; LBO PVP; Nephrectomy; Photoselective vaporisation; Prostate cancer; Stones; Tm:YAG; TUR; TURP; UPJ obstruction; UUT

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ANTICOAGULATION; BLADDER CANCER; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; BLADDER TUMOR; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; DIODE LASER; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LASER SURGERY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATECTOMY; REVIEW; SAFETY; TECHNOLOGY; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE RETENTION; URODYNAMICS; UROLITHIASIS; YAG LASER;

EID: 84857550629     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: 18737560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2012.01.010     Document Type: Article

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