Comparison of techniques for transurethral laser prostatectomy: Standard photoselective vaporization of the prostate versus transurethral laser enucleation of the prostate

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 751-755

  Elterman, Dean S ^a   Chughtai, Bilal ^a   Lee, Richard ^a   Kurlander, Lauren ^a   Yip Bannicq, Marika ^a   Kaplan, Steven A ^a   Te, Alexis E ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DYSURIA; FIBER; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNATIONAL PROSTATE SYMPTOM SCORE; LASER PROSTATECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTVOID RESIDUAL URINE VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE VOLUME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSURETHRAL LASER ENUCLEATION OF THE PROSTATE; TRANSURETHRAL PHOTOVAPORIZATION OF THE PROSTATE; URETHRA STRICTURE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY URGENCY; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGED; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE;

EID: 84878558101     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: 1557900X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2012.0561     Document Type: Article

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