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The Evolution of Endoscopic Prostate Enucleation: A historical perspective
Author(s) -
Reddy Sumeet K.,
Utley Victoria,
Gilling Peter J.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
andrologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.633
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1439-0272
pISSN - 0303-4569
DOI - 10.1111/and.13673
Subject(s) - enucleation , prostate , medicine , laser , urology , surgery , optics , physics , cancer
Here, we review the evolution of prostate enucleation in chronological order based on energy technology starting first with holmium laser, then bipolar electrocautery, followed by thulium laser and finally greenlight and diode laser enucleation of the prostate.