Impact of thulium VapoEnucleation of the prostate on erectile function: A prospective analysis of 72 patients at 12-month follow-up

Urology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 175-180

  Tiburtius, Christian ^a   Knipper, Sophie ^a   Gross, Andreas J ^a   Netsch, Christopher ^a  

^a ASKLEPIOS HOSPITAL BARMBEK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; THULIUM;

AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN PROSTATIC OBSTRUCTION; BLADDER DISEASE; BLADDER INJURY; BLADDER IRRIGATION; BLADDER NECK FALSE PASSAGE; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLOT RETENTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOSCOPY; EXTRAPERITONEAL FLUID COLLECTION; FOLLOW UP; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INTERNATIONAL INDEX OF ERECTILE FUNCTION; INTERNATIONAL PROSTATE SYMPTOM SCORE; LASER PROSTATECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; PERITONEAL DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTVOIDING RESIDUAL URINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE DISEASE; PROSTATE VOLUME; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDUAL PROSTATE TISSUE; THULIUM VAPOENUCLEATION; THULIUM YAG LASER; URETER STENT; URETHRA STRICTURE; URETHROTOMY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE FLOW RATE; URINE RETENTION; YAG LASER;

AGED; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENILE ERECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THULIUM; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE;

EID: 84891278060     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2013.08.029     Document Type: Article

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