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A prospective, single‐center, randomized clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy of three types of laser vaporization surgeries using a 180‐W GreenLight XPS laser, a 300‐W diode laser, and a 200‐W thulium laser for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia

Tatsunori Okada, Mikifumi Koura, Ryota Sumikawa, Hiroyuki Masaoka, Yoohyun Song, T. Dejima, N. Seki

Lower urinary tract symptoms, 2022

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Abstract

This study aimed to compare the safety and efficacy of three different laser prostate vaporization surgeries, which were photoselective vaporization of the prostate (PVP), diode laser vaporization (DVP), and thulium laser vaporization (ThuVAP), for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) in a randomized clinical trial.

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