Urology
Volume 66, Issue 5, Supplement , Pages 108-113 , November 2005

Holmium laser enucleation of the prostate: A size-independent new “gold standard”

  • Ehab A. Elzayat
    • ,
  • Enmar I. Habib
    • ,
  • Mostafa M. Elhilali

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Mostafa M. Elhilali, MD, PhD, Department of Urology, McGill University Health Center (MUHC), Royal Victoria Hospital, Room S6.95, 687 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1A1, Canada.

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PII: S0090-4295(05)00824-1

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2005.06.006

Urology
Volume 66, Issue 5, Supplement , Pages 108-113 , November 2005

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