Complications and early postoperative outcome in 1080 patients after thulium vapoenucleation of the prostate: Results at a single institution

European Urology

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 859-867

  Gross, Andreas J ^a   Netsch, Christopher ^a   Knipper, Sophie ^a   Hölzel, Jasmin ^a   Bach, Thorsten ^a,b  

^a ASKLEPIOS HOSPITAL BARMBEK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benign prostatic obstruction; Morbidity; Mortality; Thulium vapoenucleation of the prostate; ThuVEP; Tm:YAG; Vapoenucleation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; CLAVIEN CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASER; CONTINUOUS WAVE THULIUM YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET LASER; HUMAN; LEARNING CURVE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTVOID RESIDUAL URINE VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; PROSTATE SIZE; PROSTATE THULIUM VAPOENUCLEATION; REOPERATION; URINE FLOW RATE;

AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GERMANY; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; LEARNING CURVE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; REOPERATION; THULIUM; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINATION; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 84876048611     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: 18737560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2012.11.048     Document Type: Article

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