Reduction of length of stay and cost of transurethral resection of the prostate by early catheter removal

British Journal of Urology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 893-896

  Ml'Eller, E J ^a   Zeidman, E J ^a,b   Desmond, P M ^a,b   Thompson, I M ^a,b   Optenberg, S A ^a,b   Wasson, J ^a,b  

^a BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Benign prostatic hyperplasia; Catheter removal; Cost; Transurethral resection of the prostate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE DISEASE; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATE SURGERY; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION;

AGED; BALLOON DILATATION; COST SAVINGS; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; URINARY CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 0030434101     PISSN: 00071331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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