Risk of erectile dysfunction and retrograde ejaculation associated with thulium laser vaporesection of the prostate for bladder outflow obstruction: A retrospective study

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 165-169

  Yee, Carol Ling Sze ^a   Pal, Raj P ^a   Batchelder, Andrew ^a   Khan, Masood A ^a  

^a LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Erectile dysfunction; Prostatectomy; Retrograde ejaculation; Thulium

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; DIABETIC PATIENT; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INDWELLING CATHETER; LASER; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENIS ERECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE SURGERY; RETROGRADE EJACULATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SURGICAL RISK; THULIUM LASER PROSTATE VAPORESECTION; THULIUM YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET LASER; URINE RETENTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EJACULATION; ENGLAND; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENILE ERECTION; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THULIUM; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER NECK OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 84863400720     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: 14230399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000333046     Document Type: Article

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