Comparison of 120-200 W 2μm thulium: Yttrium-aluminum-garnet Vapoenucleation of the prostate

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 224-229

  Netsch, Christopher ^a   Bach, Thorsten ^a   Pohlmann, Laura ^a   Herrmann, Thomas ^b   Gross, Andreas J ^a  

^a ASKLEPIOS HOSPITAL BARMBEK   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CONTRACTION; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICES; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNATIONAL PROSTATE SYMPTOM SCORE; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTVOID RESIDUAL URINE VOLUME; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATE SURGERY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REOPERATION; SAFETY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THULIUM VAPOENUCLEATION; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; URINE FLOW RATE; YAG LASER; YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET VAPOENUCLEATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALUMINUM; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTATE; THULIUM; YTTRIUM;

EID: 84857869189     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: 1557900X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2011.0173     Document Type: Article

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