Factors affecting change in quality of life after prostatectomy for benign prostatic hypertrophy: The impact of surgical techniques

Journal of Urology

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 191-196

  Mozes, Benjamin ^a   Cohen, Yael C ^a   Olmer, Liraz ^a   Shabtai, Esther ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Prostatectomy; Prostatic hypertrophy; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029655611     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)66591-1     Document Type: Article

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