Holmium laser enucleation of the prostate: A review of the clinical trial evidence

Therapeutic Advances in Urology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 62-73

  Cynk, Mark ^a  

^a MAIDSTONE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

holmium; humans; laser therapy; male; prostatic hyperplasia; review; treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENUCLEATION; GOLD STANDARD; HEALTH CARE COST; HOLMIUM LASER; HOLMIUM LASER ENUCLEATION OF THE PROSTATE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEARNING CURVE; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE SIZE; PROSTATE SURGERY; PROSTATE VOLUME; PROSTATECTOMY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; URINE RETENTION; URODYNAMICS; UROLITHIASIS; UROLOGICAL LASER SYSTEM;

EID: 84896772389     PISSN: 17562872     EISSN: 17562880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1756287213511509     Document Type: Review

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