Laser enucleation is increasingly becoming the standard of care for treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia of all sizes

European Urology

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 868-869

  Gilling, Peter J ^a  

^a TAURANGA HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THULIUM;

BLADDER IRRIGATION; BLEEDING; EDITORIAL; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENUCLEATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LASER PROSTATECTOMY; LEARNING CURVE; LENGTH OF STAY; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATE SIZE; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TRANSURETHRAL ELECTROVAPORIZATION; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; YAG LASER;

HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; THULIUM;

EID: 84876066990     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: 18737560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2013.01.001     Document Type: Editorial

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