A Non-Randomized Comparative Study of Visual Laser Ablation and Transurethral Resection of the Prostate in Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 108-112

  Uchida, Toyoaki ^a   Egawa, Shin ^a   Iwamura, Masatsugu ^a   Ohori, Makoto ^a   Yokoyama, Eiji ^a   Endo, Tadao ^a   Koshiba, Ken ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Benign prostatic hyperplasia; Transurethral resection of the prostate; Visual laser ablation of the prostate

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICTURITION DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATE; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URINATION DISORDERS;

EID: 0030095297     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.1996.tb00493.x     Document Type: Article

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