Many surgical procedures are available to the urologist for treating benign prostatic hyperplasia of large prostate glands.
While minimally invasive simple prostatectomy is an option in select centres, it is unlikely to replace more established endoscopic techniques such as holmium laser enucleation.
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Bultitude M, Challacombe B. Are you the author?
Urology Centre, Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
Reference: Eur Urol. 2014 Dec 24. pii: S0302-2838(14)01279-2.
doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2014.12.024
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PMID: 25544633