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GreenLight XPS for treating benign prostatic hyperplasia
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
bju international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 1464-4096
DOI - 10.1111/bju.13897
Subject(s) - hyperplasia , medicine , x ray photoelectron spectroscopy , urology , nice , computer science , physics , nuclear magnetic resonance , programming language
1.1 The case for adopting GreenLight XPS for treating benign prostatic hyperplasia is supported in non-highrisk patients. GreenLight XPS is at least as effective in these patients as transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP), but can more often be done as a day-case procedure, following appropriate service redesign. 1.2 There is currently insufficient high-quality, comparative evidence to support the routine adoption of GreenLight XPS in high-risk patients, that is those who: