Detailed prostatic interstitial thermal mapping during transurethral grooved rollerball electrovaporization and loop electrosurgery for benign prostatic hyperplasia

Urology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 501-507

  Larson, Thayne R ^a,b   Religo, William M ^a   Collins, Joseph M ^a   Novicki, Donald ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Department of Urology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; CASE REPORT; ELECTROSURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL INJURY; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; VAPORIZATION;

EID: 0030249753     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(96)00296-8     Document Type: Article

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