Endoscopie laser ablation of the prostate (ELAP): Changes in magnetic resonance imaging and clinical outcome at 1 year

British Journal of Urology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 747-751

  Flynn, R J ^a,b   De Souza, N M ^a   Puni, R ^a   Williams, G ^a   Kiely, E A ^a  

^a Department of Surgery ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Laser ablation; Magnetic resonance imaging; Outcome; Prostate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY RETENTION; URINATION;

EID: 0030390414     PISSN: 00071331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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