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Surgical Treatment for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate (HoLEP).
Published on: March 6, 2018
[Treatment of the patients with urolithiasis combined with benign prostatic hypertrophy]
Abstract:
Treatment results of 368 patients with urolithiasis combined with benign prostatic hypertrophy were analyzed. Choice of treatment method depended on age, clinical symptoms, localization, size and density of concretion, dysuria symptoms, intercurrent diseases, risk of complications. Distant lithotripsy was performed at 59% cases, percutaneous nephrolithotripsy and contact uretherolithotripsy - at 10.3%, combined methods of treatment - at 2.4% cases. Mini-invasive methods of treatment led to reduction of number of traditional open operation to 1.6%. There was no one open adenomectomy during last 6 years.
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