T. Jackson et al., COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF LASER-ABLATION OF THE PROSTATE - PREMATURE EVALUATION, International journal of technology assessment in health care, 11(3), 1995, pp. 595-610
A cost-effectiveness study compared visual laser ablation of the prost
ate (VLAP) with transurethral resection (TURP). Achieving equivalent o
utcomes, VLAP was more expensive than TURP. The result was sensitive t
o various assumptions, suggesting that VLAP might prove to be the pref
erred technology. Problems inherent in economic evaluation of emerging
technologies are discussed.