Visual laser ablation of the prostate for patients with acute urinary retention

British Journal of Urology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 90-92

  Farsi, H M A ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Laser; Prostate; Urinary retention

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEODYMIUM LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; URETHROSCOPY; URINE FLOW RATE; URINE RETENTION; UROFLOWMETRY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY RETENTION;

EID: 0030417204     PISSN: 00071331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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