Length of postoperative hospital stay after transurethral resection of the prostate

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 284-288

  Kirollos, Magdi M ^a  

^a TORBAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Postoperative length of stay; Transurethral resection of the prostate

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BLADDER ASPIRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSTATECTOMY; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SOCIAL ASPECT; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENGLAND; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0030794679     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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