Transurethral anatomical enucleation of the prostate with Tm:YAG support (ThuLEP): review of the literature on a novel surgical approach in the management of benign prostatic enlargement

World Journal of Urology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 525-530

  Kyriazis, Iason ^a   Świniarski, Piotr P ^b   Jutzi, Stephan ^c   Wolters, Mathias ^c   Netsch, Christopher ^g   Burchardt, Martin ^e   Liatsikos, Evangelos ^a   Xia, Shujie ^d   Bach, Thorsten ^f   Gross, Andreas J ^g   Herrmann, Thomas R W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b Military Clinical Hospital Bydgoszcz   (Poland)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^d SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^f Asklepios Klinik Harburg   (Germany)

^g ASKLEPIOS HOSPITAL BARMBEK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Enucleation; Laser prostatectomy; ThuLEP; Thulium

Indexed keywords

THULIUM;

DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PROCEDURES; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; SOLID STATE LASER; THERAPEUTIC USE; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION;

DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; THULIUM; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE;

EID: 84939969762     PISSN: 07244983     EISSN: 14338726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00345-015-1529-0     Document Type: Article

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