Transurethral vaportrode electrovaporization of the prostate: Physical principles, technique, and results

Urology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 505-510

  Narayan, Perinchery ^a,b   Tewari, Ashutosh ^a   Garzotto, Mark ^a   Parramore, Herman W ^a   Schalow, Erica ^a   Starling, Jeff ^a   Jones, Talmadge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; VAPORIZATION;

EID: 0030004235     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(99)80485-3     Document Type: Article

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