Multicentre prospective evaluation of the learning curve of holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP)

BJU International

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 495-499

  Robert, Grégoire ^a   Cornu, Jean Nicolas ^b   Fourmarier, Marc ^c   Saussine, Christian ^d   Descazeaud, Aurélien ^e   Azzouzi, Abdel Rahmène ^f   Vicaut, Eric ^g   Lukacs, Bertrand ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER DU PAYS D AIX   (France)

^d NHC   (France)

^e DUPUYTREN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^f ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^g HÔPITAL FERNAND WIDAL   (France)

Author keywords

enucleation; HoLEP; holmium; learning curve; prospective study; prostate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER IRRIGATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOLMIUM LASER ENUCLEATION OF THE PROSTATE; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; LEARNING CURVE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORCELLATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE SURGERY; SURGEON; SURGICAL STRESS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDUCATION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROSTATIC DISEASES; SOLID STATE LASER;

ADULT; AGED; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; LEARNING CURVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATIVE TIME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATIC DISEASES; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE;

EID: 84959508148     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bju.13124     Document Type: Article

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