Efficacy and safety of 120‑W thulium: Yttrium‑aluminum‑garnet vapoenucleation of prostates compared with holmium laser enucleation of prostates for benign prostatic hyperplasia

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 128, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 884-889

  Hong, Kai ^a   Liu, Yu Qing ^a   Lu, Jian ^a   Xiao, Chun Lei ^a   Huang, Yi ^a   Ma, Lu Lin ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY THIRD HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia; Holmium Lasers; Laser Surgery; Prostatectomy; Thulium; Transurethral

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; ALUMINUM; THULIUM; YTTRIUM; YTTRIUM-ALUMINUM-GARNET;

AGED; ARTICLE; CAPSULAR PERFORATION; CATHETERIZATION; FLOW RATE; HEMATURIA; HOLMIUM LASER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL PROSTATE SYMPTOM SCORE; LASER PROSTATECTOMY; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTVOID RESIDUAL URINE VOLUME; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATE WEIGHT; QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STRESS INCONTINENCE; THULIUM YAG LASER; URGE INCONTINENCE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ALUMINUM; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THULIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YTTRIUM;

EID: 84929208051     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: 25425641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0366-6999.154282     Document Type: Article

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