A prospective randomized comparison of transurethral resection to visual laser ablation of the prostate for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia

Urology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 155-160

  Cowles III, Robert S ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Kabalin, John N ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Childs, Stacy ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Lepor, Herbert ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Dixon, Christopher ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Stein, Barry ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Zabbo, August ^a,b,c,d,e,f  

^a Atlanta Urological Consultants   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Alabama Urology   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^f BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEODYMIUM LASER; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZATION; RESIDUAL URINE; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA STRICTURE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE FLOW RATE; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

AGED; BLADDER NECK OBSTRUCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 0028784338     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(99)80185-X     Document Type: Article

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