Lasers are superfluous for the surgical management of benign prostatic hyperplasia in the developing world

Lasers have been given much hype as regards their use in surgical management of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Transurethral resection of prostate (TURP), especially with its modifications still remains the gold standard treatment for BPH, owing to its efficacy and proven advantages over laser...

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Autores principales: Gupta, Narmada P., Anand, Ajay
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2779974/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19881145
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-1591.56190
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description Lasers have been given much hype as regards their use in surgical management of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Transurethral resection of prostate (TURP), especially with its modifications still remains the gold standard treatment for BPH, owing to its efficacy and proven advantages over laser prostatectomy. Cost, unproven long-term durability, steep learning curve, and no advantages of laser prostatectomy over TURP and its modifications, make lasers superfluous in the surgical management of BPH in developing countries.
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spelling pubmed-27799742009-11-27 Lasers are superfluous for the surgical management of benign prostatic hyperplasia in the developing world Gupta, Narmada P. Anand, Ajay Indian J Urol Point-Counter-Point Lasers have been given much hype as regards their use in surgical management of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Transurethral resection of prostate (TURP), especially with its modifications still remains the gold standard treatment for BPH, owing to its efficacy and proven advantages over laser prostatectomy. Cost, unproven long-term durability, steep learning curve, and no advantages of laser prostatectomy over TURP and its modifications, make lasers superfluous in the surgical management of BPH in developing countries. Medknow Publications 2009 /pmc/articles/PMC2779974/ /pubmed/19881145 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-1591.56190 Text en © Indian Journal of Urology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Gupta, Narmada P.
Anand, Ajay
Lasers are superfluous for the surgical management of benign prostatic hyperplasia in the developing world
title Lasers are superfluous for the surgical management of benign prostatic hyperplasia in the developing world
title_full Lasers are superfluous for the surgical management of benign prostatic hyperplasia in the developing world
title_fullStr Lasers are superfluous for the surgical management of benign prostatic hyperplasia in the developing world
title_full_unstemmed Lasers are superfluous for the surgical management of benign prostatic hyperplasia in the developing world
title_short Lasers are superfluous for the surgical management of benign prostatic hyperplasia in the developing world
title_sort lasers are superfluous for the surgical management of benign prostatic hyperplasia in the developing world
topic Point-Counter-Point
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2779974/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19881145
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-1591.56190
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