Update on the current evidence for Tm:YAG vapoenucleation of the prostate 2014

World Journal of Urology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 517-524

  Netsch, C ^a   Bach, T ^b   Herrmann, T R W ^c   Gross, A J ^a  

^a ASKLEPIOS HOSPITAL BARMBEK   (Germany)

^b Asklepios Klinik Harburg   (Germany)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anticoagulants; Benign prostatic obstruction (BPO); RevoLix; ThuVEP; Tm:YAG; Vapoenucleation

Indexed keywords

THULIUM;

COMPLICATION; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOMS; MALE; PROCEDURES; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; SOLID STATE LASER; THERAPEUTIC USE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER NECK OBSTRUCTION;

HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOMS; MALE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; THULIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER NECK OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 84925967502     PISSN: 07244983     EISSN: 14338726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00345-014-1417-z     Document Type: Article

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