Saline With Alcohol in TransUrethral Resection aNd Photoselective Vaporisation of the Prostate

Summary

Transurethral therapy (TURiS / PVP) of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) using an ethanol-containing saline irrigating fluid, prospective detected by breath alcohol measurement.

Timeline

Start

2013-11

Primary completion

2015-02

Completion

2015-02

Publications

• Results Hermanns T, Grossmann NC, Wettstein MS, Fankhauser CD, Capol JC, Poyet C, Hefermehl LJ, Zimmermann M, Sulser T, Muller A. Absorption of irrigation fluid occurs frequently during high power 532 nm laser vaporization of the prostate. J Urol. 2015 Jan;193(1):211-6. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2014.07.117. Epub 2014 Aug 7.

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