Transurethral fulguration of the prostate with the roller ball

Urology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 53-58

  Juma, Saad ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Georgia Urology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER OBSTRUCTION; CAUTERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; SCORING SYSTEM; TECHNIQUE; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030044317     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(99)80382-3     Document Type: Article

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