Transurethral holmium laser enucleation versus transurethral resection of the prostate and simple open prostatectomy - Which procedure is faster?

Journal of Urology

Volumn 187, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1608-1613

  Ahyai, Sascha A ^a   Chun, Felix K H ^b   Lehrich, Karin ^a   Dahlem, Roland ^b   Zacharias, Mario S ^a   Fisch, Margit M ^a   Kuntz, Rainer M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b University Hospital Hamburg Eppendorf ^*

Author keywords

laser therapy; prostate; prostatectomy; prostatic hyperplasia; transurethral resection of prostate

Indexed keywords

HOLMIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE SURGERY; PROSTATECTOMY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIMPLE OPEN PROSTATECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSURETHRAL HOLMIUM LASER ENUCLEATION; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE;

EID: 84859544654     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2011.12.107     Document Type: Article

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