ArticleWorld journal of urology2015
Common trend: move to enucleation-Is there a case for GreenLight enucleation? Development and description of the technique.
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- Comparative efficacy and safety of greenlight laser vaporization, anatomical vaporization, and enucleation for benign prostatic hyperplasia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Lasers in medical science · 2025Pooled it
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- En bloc HoLEP with vesical mucosal release: a technical refinement for safety and operative efficiency.World journal of urology · 2026Article
- Endoscopic en bloc prostate enucleation: a propensity score matched analysis between greenlight enucleation of prostate (GreenLEP) vs holmium laser enucleation of prostate (HOLEP) outcomes and safety with a 12-month follow-up.International urology and nephrology · 2025Article
- Holmium Laser Enucleation of Prostate: Is novel En Bloc Enucleation Technique Better Than the Traditional 2-Lobe Technique-A Prospective Randomized Study.Urology research & practice · 2024Article
- Ejaculation-sparing versus non-ejaculation-sparing anatomic GreenLight laser enucleo-vaporization of the prostate: first comparative study.World journal of urology · 2021Article
- Recent evidence for anatomic endoscopic enucleation of the prostate (AEEP) in patients with benign prostatic obstruction on antiplatelet or anticoagulant therapy.World journal of urology · 2021Review
- Photoselective sharp enucleation of the prostate with a front-firing 532-nm laser: an innovative surgical technique for benign prostatic hyperplasia-a single-center study of 475 cases.World journal of urology · 2021Article
- Propensity-score analysis comparing perioperative and functional outcomes between XPS 180 W-photovaporization and GreenLight laser enucleation of the prostate: reasons to discard vaporization and move to enucleation.World journal of urology · 2021Article
- Pharmacological and interventional treatment of benign prostatic obstruction: An evidence-based comparative review.BJUI compass · 2021Review
- The constant search for the greater good: evolving from TURP to anatomic enucleation of the prostate is a safe bet.World journal of urology · 2021Review
- A Modified Technique of Thulium Laser Enucleation for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia With Non-morcellator Approach.Frontiers in surgery · 2021Article
- Proctored Step by Step Training Program for GreenLight Laser Anatomic Photovaporization of the Prostate: A Single Surgeon's Experience.Frontiers in surgery · 2021Article
- Operative time comparison of aquablation, greenlight PVP, ThuLEP, GreenLEP, and HoLEP.World journal of urology · 2020Article
- En bloc greenlight laser enucleation of prostate (GreenLEP): about the first hundred cases.World journal of urology · 2020Article
- Lasers in Transurethral Enucleation of the Prostate-Do We Really Need Them.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Article
- GreenLight Laser photoselective vapo-enucleation of the prostate with front-firing emission versus plasmakinetic resection of the prostate for benign prostate hyperplasia.Translational andrology and urology · 2020Article
- 'En Bloc' HoLEP with early apical release in men with benign prostatic hyperplasia.World journal of urology · 2019Article
- Does mechanical morcellation of large glands compromise incidental prostate cancer detection on specimen analysis? A pathological comparison with open simple prostatectomy.World journal of urology · 2019Article
- Comparison between open simple prostatectomy and green laser enucleation of the prostate for treating large benign prostatic hyperplasia: a single-centre experience.World journal of urology · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundTransurethral laser prostatectomy has evolved as a viable alternative for the management of benign prostate enlargement. Since the renaissance of laser prostatectomy with the advent of the holmium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet laser in the 1990s, various lasers and subsequent procedures have been introduced. These techniques can be categorized as vaporizing, resecting, and enucleating approaches. Photoselective vaporization of the prostate (PVP) is dominated by high-power lithium triborate (LBO) crystal lasers (GreenLight XPS). The mainstay of this technique is for the treatment of small to medium prostate volumes whereas enucleating techniques, such as holmium laser enucleation of the prostate and thulium enucleation of the prostate, focus on large-volume glands. In order to perspectively "delimit" LBO into the field of large-volume prostates, we developed LBO en bloc enucleation to render it as a competing transurethral enucleating approach. MATERIALS AND
methodsWe present a detailed stepwise progressive technique developed in Madrid, Spain, for the complete removal of the transitional zone by vapoenucleation. The steps include exposition of the prostatic capsule by PVP toward the peripheral zone, thereby identifying the anatomical limits of enucleation. Subsequently, the transitional zone is excised in a single bloc and morcellated after its placement into the bladder.
conclusionThis new GreenLight en bloc enucleation technique allows to treat larger prostates than those previously treated with the PVP technique.
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