Current surgical techniques of enucleation in holmium laser enucleation of the prostate.

ABSTRACT: Holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP) has been accepted as the most efficient method of transurethral surgery for benign prostatic hyperplasia. The originally developed three-lobe technique has popularized this surgery; this method is based on three longitudinal incisions, by which the median lobe is removed, and subsequently, both lateral lobes are enucleated. To maintain a consistent surgical plane and to minimize sphincteric damage, the traditional three-lobe technique is continuously being refined and evolving. A few modifications of the original technique have been developed, and several en bloc enucleation methods have been introduced. However, more clinical evidence is required to show the superiority of newer techniques over the original three-lobe technique in t

SUBMITTER: Oh SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6722407 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature