Experts' recommendations in laser use for the endoscopic treatment of prostate hypertrophy: a comprehensive guide by the European Section of Uro-Technology (ESUT) and Training-Research in Urological Surgery and Technology (T.R.U.S.T.)-Group.
Gernot OrtnerSelcuk GüvenBhaskar Kumar SomaniAndre NicklasCesare Marco ScoffoneCecilia GraccoIoannis Kartalas GoumasThorsten BachFernando Gómez SanchaFelipe C A FigueredoAmy KrambeckGiorgio BozziniKarin LehrichEvangelos LiatsikosPanagiotis KallidonisJean Baptiste RocheArkadiusz MiernikDmitry EnikeevLutfi TuncNaeem BhojaniPeter GillingJavier Romero OteroAngelo PorrecaSasha AhyaiChristopher NetschAli Serdar GözenUdo NageleThomas R W HerrmannTheodoros TokasPublished in: World journal of urology (2023)
Ho:YAG lasers no longer seem to be the mainstay of EEP. TFL lasers are generally used in pulsed mode though clinical applicability for quasi-continuous settings has recently been demonstrated. One and two-lobe techniques are beneficial regarding operative time and are used by most experts.