Journal of Lasers in Medical Sciences

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Haraguchi T, Takenaka A, Yamazaki T, Nakano Y, Miyake H, Tanaka K, et al. The relationship between the reproducibility of holmium laser enucleation of the prostate and prostate size over the learning curve. Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis. 2009;12(3):281-4. doi: 10.1038/pcan.2009.16.

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Kim M, Lee HE, Oh SJ. Technical aspects of holmium laser enucleation of the prostate for benign prostatic hyperplasia. Korean J Urol. 2013;54(9):570-9. doi: 10.4111/kju.2013.54.9.570.

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Jeong CW, Oh JK, Cho MC, Bae JB, Oh SJ. Enucleation ratio efficacy might be a better predictor to assess learning curve of holmium laser enucleation of the prostate. Int Braz J Urol. 2012;38(3):362-72. doi: 10.1590/s1677-55382012000300009.

Seki N, Mochida O, Kinukawa N, Sagiyama K, Naito S. Holmium laser enucleation for prostatic adenoma: analysis of learning curve over the course of 70 consecutive cases. J Urol. 2003;170(5):1847-50. doi: 10.1097/01.ju.0000092035.16351.9d.

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Brunckhorst O, Ahmed K, Nehikhare O, Marra G, Challacombe B, Popert R. Evaluation of the learning curve for Holmium laser enucleation of the prostate using multiple outcome measures. Urology. 2015;86(4):824-9. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2015.07.021.

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Shigemura K, Yamamichi F, Kitagawa K, Yamashita M, Oka Y, Tanaka H, et al. Does surgeon experience affect operative time, adverse events and continence outcomes in Holmium laser enucleation of the prostate? A review of more than 1,000 cases. J Urol. 2017;198(3):663-70. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2017.04.087.

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El-Hakim A, Elhilali MM. Holmium laser enucleation of the prostate can be taught: the first learning experience. BJU Int. 2002;90(9):863-9. doi: 10.1046/j.1464-410x.2002.03071.x.

Kobayashi S, Yano M, Nakayama T, Kitahara S. Predictive risk factors of postoperative urinary incontinence following holmium laser enucleation of the prostate during the initial learning period. Int Braz J Urol. 2016;42(4):740-6. doi: 10.1590/S1677-5538.IBJU.2015.0477.

Bae J, Oh SJ, Paick JS. The learning curve for holmium laser enucleation of the prostate: a single-center experience. Korean J Urol. 2010;51(10):688-93. doi: 10.4111/kju.2010.51.10.688.

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Peyronnet B, Robert G, Comat V, Roupret M, Gomez-Sancha F, Cornu JN, et al. Learning curves and perioperative outcomes after endoscopic enucleation of the prostate: a comparison between GreenLight 532-nm and holmium lasers. World J Urol. 2017;35:973-83. doi: 10.1007/s00345-016-1957-5.

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Abedi AR, Razzaghi MR, Allameh F, Aliakbari F, FallahKarkan M, Ranjbar A. Pneumatic lithotripsy versus laser lithotripsy for ureteral Stones. J Lasers Med Sci. 2018;9(4):233-6. doi: 10.15171/jlms.2018.42.

Allameh F, Razzaghi M, Fallah-Karkan M, Hosseini B, Tayyebi Azar A, Ranjbar A, et al. Comparison of stone retrieval basket, stone cone and Holmium laser: Which one is better in retropulsion and stone-free status for patients with upper ureteral calculi? J Lasers Med Sci. 2019;10(3):179-84. doi: 10.15171/jlms.2019.28.

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Razzaghi MR, Fallah Karkan M, Ghiasy S, Javanmard B. Laser application in iran urology: A narrative review. J Lasers Med Sci. 2018;9(1):1-6. doi: 10.15171/jlms.2018.01.

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