학술논문
Photoselective vaporization of the prostate: pursuing good indications based on the results of 400 Japanese patients.
Document Type
Article
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Source
Subject
*BENIGN prostatic hyperplasia
*VAPORIZATION
*MEDICAL lasers
*TRANSURETHRAL prostatectomy
*ULTRASONIC imaging
HYPERPLASIA treatment
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ISSN
1464-4096
Abstract
Study Type - Therapy (individual cohort) Level of Evidence 2b What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? Photoselective vaporization of prostate (PVP) with a KTP laser is safer than TURP and has comparable efficacy to TURP. But long-term durability and suitable amount of vaporization have been unknown. We investigated 400 Japanese patients after PVP regarding prostate volume. The mean reduction rate of prostate size was 43.2% (21.8 mL), which was achieved with 273.5 kj of KTP energy on average. A larger absolute volume reduction in patients with larger prostates was associated with greater improvements of objective urinary function parameters and symptoms score reduction. OBJECTIVE [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]