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01-10-2016 | Editorial

Enucleation is enucleation is enucleation is enucleation

Author: Thomas R. W. Herrmann

Published in: World Journal of Urology | Issue 10/2016

Abstract

The latest update of the EAU Guidelines on Management of Non-Neurogenic Male Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms, incl. Benign Prostatic Obstruction in 2016 announced a novel acronym for transurethral Endoscopic Enucleation of the Prostate (EEP). This was inspired by a meta-analysis on randomized controlled trials on Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate (HolEP) and bipolar enucleation versus open simple prostatectomy. EEP codes for the common ground of both techniques: “anatomical enucleation.” Although study quality with regard to the availability of long-term randomized controlled trials is at the moment mostly available for HoLEP, and bipolar enucleation, the existing data of all other enucleating techniques that have been demonstrated to perform anatomical enucleation as well should also been summarized under the same term. This editorial is a call for embracing this acronym of EEP for all anatomical enucleating techniques in order to serve for the transition from the age of TURP and open prostatectomy toward the age of EEP.

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Title: Enucleation is enucleation is enucleation is enucleation
Author: Thomas R. W. Herrmann
Publication date: 01-10-2016
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: World Journal of Urology / Issue 10/2016
Print ISSN: 0724-4983
Electronic ISSN: 1433-8726
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00345-016-1922-3

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