title: [Surgical management of BPH by laser therapies: A review of the literature by the LUTS committee of the French urological association].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To perform an update on the surgical treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) by laser.
  
  
  METHODS
  A systematic review of recent literature was performed. The level of evidence of each report was evaluated, and only recent publications of high level of evidence were included.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Monopolar transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) and open prostatectomy remain the gold standards. Alternative endoscopic options are laser photoselective vaporisation, holmium enucleation and thulium resection. These techniques seem to show functional results similar to those obtained after TURP and open prostatectomy, as well as an advantage in terms of bleeding.
authors.affiliation: Service d'urologie, hôpital Cochin, CHU de Cochin, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, université Paris-Descartes, 27, rue du Faubourg-Saint-Jacques, 75014 Paris, France. nicolasbdl@hotmail.com
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Barry Delongchamps
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Robert
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Descazeaud
authors.forename: J-N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Cornu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rahmene Azzouzi
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Haillot
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Devonec
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fourmarier
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ballereau
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lukacs
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Dumonceau
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Saussine
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: de la Taille
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000601:surgery*