Common trend: move to enucleation—Is there a case for GreenLight enucleation? Development and description of the technique

World Journal of Urology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 539-547

  Gomez Sancha, Fernando ^a   Rivera, Vanesa Cuadros ^a   Georgiev, Georgi ^b   Botsevski, Alexander ^b   Kotsev, Julian ^b   Herrmann, Thomas ^c  

^a ICUA Clínica CEMTRO   (Spain)

^b Hill Clinic   (Bulgaria)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benign prostatic enlargement; Enucleation; GreenLight laser; Vaporization

Indexed keywords

BORIC ACID; LITHIUM BORATE; LITHIUM DERIVATIVE;

HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; PROCEDURES; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BORATES; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; MALE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84932156913     PISSN: 07244983     EISSN: 14338726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00345-014-1339-9     Document Type: Article

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