Publications by authors named "Christine Joy Castillo"

Objective: This study evaluates surgical outcomes in benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) patients undergoing transurethral enucleation using various holmium laser (HoLEP) settings and/or bipolar devices (BipoLEP).

Design: This study was retrospective.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 158 BPH patients treated surgically, categorized by method: BipoLEP ( = 28), HoLEP with short pulse (HoLEP-SP,  = 26), HoLEP with long pulse and low energy (HoLEP-LP/LE,  = 29), HoLEP with long pulse and high energy (HoLEP-LP/HE,  = 26), HoLEP using Moses technology (HoLEP-Mo,  = 19), and a combination of HoLEP and BipoLEP (HoLEP-mix,  = 30).

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