Evaluation of continence following 532 nm laser prostatectomy for patients previously treated with radiation therapy or brachytherapy

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 358-361

  No, David ^a   Osterberg, E Charles ^b   Otto, Brandon ^b   Naftali, Izolda ^c   Choi, Benjamin ^b  

^a Geisinger Health Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

brachytherapy; Greenlight laser prostatectomy; KTP laser prostatectomy; photoselective vaporization of the prostate; prostate cancer; radiation therapy; transurethral resection of the prostate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINENCE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LASER PROSTATECTOMY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RANK SUM TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; URINARY CONTINENCE; URINARY TRACT FUNCTION; URINE RETENTION;

BRACHYTHERAPY; GREENLIGHT LASER PROSTATECTOMY; KTP LASER PROSTATECTOMY; PHOTOSELECTIVE VAPORIZATION OF THE PROSTATE; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION THERAPY; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF THE PROSTATE;

AGED; BRACHYTHERAPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION INJURIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER NECK OBSTRUCTION; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; URINARY RETENTION;

EID: 84880288592     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.22152     Document Type: Article

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