Transurethral microwave thermotherapy for uncomplicated benign prostatic hyperplasia: A prospective study with emphasis on symptomatic improvement and complications

Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 83-89

  Marteinsson, Valur Thor ^a   Due, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Benign prostatic hyperplasia; Complications; Symptomatic improvement; Transurethral microwave thermotherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLADDER NECK OBSTRUCTION; CYSTOSCOPES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; MICROWAVES; MIDDLE AGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 0028218318     PISSN: 00365599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365599409180476     Document Type: Article

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