In 2013, holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP) may be the new 'gold standard'

Current Urology Reports

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 427-432

  Van Rij, Simon ^a   Gilling, Peter J ^a  

^a TAURANGA HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Benign prostatic hypertrophy; BPH; HoLEP; Holmium; Laser therapy; Lower urinary tract symptoms; Morcellation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WARFARIN;

ANTICOAGULATION; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; BLEEDING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DRUG SAFETY; GOLD STANDARD; HOLMIUM LASER ENUCLEATION OF THE PROSTATE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNATIONAL PROSTATE SYMPTOM SCORE; LASER SURGERY; LEARNING CURVE; MORCELLATOR; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATE SURGERY; PROSTATECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REOPERATION; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; SOLID STATE LASER;

HUMANS; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE;

EID: 84873723891     PISSN: 15272737     EISSN: 15346285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11934-012-0279-4     Document Type: Review

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