Best laser for prostatectomy in the year 2013

Indian Journal of Urology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 236-243

  Maheshwari, Pankaj N ^a   Joshi, Nitin ^b   Maheshwari, Reeta P ^a  

^a Aditya Birla Memorial Hospital   (India)

^b Shree Ramkrishna Nursing Home ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Benign prostatic hyperplasia; holmium laser enucleation of prostate; laser; photoselective vaporization of the prostate; prostate; thulium

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; NEODYMIUM; THULIUM;

BLADDER STONE; BLEEDING DISORDER; BLEEDING TENDENCY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIODE LASER; DYSURIA; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; GOLD STANDARD; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; LASER PROSTATECTOMY; LEARNING CURVE; NEODYMIUM YAG LASER; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROSTATE ADENOMA; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STRESS INCONTINENCE; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; URETHRA STRICTURE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 84884616106     PISSN: 09701591     EISSN: 19983824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-1591.117286     Document Type: Conference Paper

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