GreenLight 180W XPS photovaporization of the prostate: How I do it

Canadian Journal of Urology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 5918-5926

  Zorn, Kevin C ^a   Liberman, Daniel ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

BPH; Photovaporization; Prostate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROSTATE; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLID STATE LASER; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOLATILIZATION;

HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 84859398107     PISSN: 11959479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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