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The previous 5 years have seen a large proportion of urologists and prospective patients re-evaluating transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) and investigating minimally invasive approaches to the prostate. The realisation that new technologies can significantly alter surgical practice is well demonstrated by the impact of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy on stone management. Clinicians, in partnership with industry, have subsequently considered the role of all manner of technological devices in the treatment of bladder outflow obstruction secondary to benign prostatic disease. This has not simply been a search for the most pleasing new machine (with the associated benefit for practitioner and manufacturer alike) but has arisen from worries about the risks associated with standard transurethral resection of the prostate (Mebust et al. 1989; Roos et al. 1989).
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Anson, K., Watson, G. (1994). Laser Therapy in Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia. In: Petrovich, Z., Baert, L. (eds) Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78185-8_11
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