Identification of patients requiring out-patient follow-up after transurethral prostatectomy: Is there a role for nurse-led screening of post-operative outcomes by telephone?

British Journal of Urology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 401-404

  Brough, R J ^a   Pidd, H ^a   O'Flynn, K J ^a   Payne, S R ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Out patient clinic; Outcome; Telephone contact; Transurethral prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; OUTPATIENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; TELEPHONE; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TELEPHONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY RETENTION;

EID: 0030435997     PISSN: 00071331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410x.1996.00087.x     Document Type: Article

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