Critical review of lasers in benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)

• Published in: BJU international Vol. 107; no. 7; pp. 1030 - 1043
• Main Authors: Gravas, Stavros, Bachmann, Alexander, Reich, Oliver, Roehrborn, Claus G., Gilling, Peter J., De La Rosette, Jean
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.04.2011; Wiley-Blackwell
• Subjects: Aluminum; benign prostatic hyperplasia; Biological and medical sciences; diode laser; Epidemiologic Methods; Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics; holmium (Ho) laser; Humans; KTP laser; laser prostatectomy; Laser Therapy - methods; Lasers, Solid-State; Male; Male genital diseases; Medical sciences; Nephrology. Urinary tract diseases; Prostatectomy - methods; Prostatic Hyperplasia - complications; Prostatic Hyperplasia - surgery; Prostatism - etiology; Prostatism - surgery; thulium (Tm) laser; Treatment Outcome; Tumors; Tumors of the urinary system; Urinary tract. Prostate gland; Yttrium; laser prostatectomy; Nephrology; Urinary system disease; Prostate disease; holmium (Ho) laser; Review; Urology; KTP laser; thulium (Tm) laser; Thulium; diode laser; Treatment; Surgery; Holmium; Laser; Benign prostatic hyperplasia; Prostatectomy; Benign neoplasm; Male genital diseases; Bibliographic review
• ISSN: 1464-4096; 1464-410X; 1464-410X
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2010.09954.x

What’s known on the subject? and What does the study add? Laser technology has been applied to treat LUTS secondary to BPH for >15 years. Some of the early approaches failed to fulfil our expectations and have been abandoned, but technological advancements and growing clinical experience have pro...