During recent years, the medico-social importance of benign prostatic hyperplasia has increased worldwide and in our country. Some results from the application of contemporary laser therapy and several other methods for the operative treatment of patients are presented. Holmium laser enucleation of the prostate plays a major role. Its use in patients with a large gland volume is characterized by a number of advantages in terms of effectiveness and safety achieved. For comparison, thulium laser enucleation of the prostate, transurethral prostate resection, transurethral plasma kinetic prostatectomy, robot-assisted simple prostatectomy, contact diode laser vaporization, and GreenLight vaporization are discussed. The popularization of positive world experience would contribute to the further improvement of the operative treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia in our country.
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