Urodynamic and clinical effects of noninvasive and minimally invasive treatments in elderly men with lower urinary tract symptoms stratified according to the grade of obstruction

Urology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 55-61

  Witjes, Wim P J ^a   Robertson, Andrew ^b   Rosier, Peter F W M ^b   Neal, David E ^b   Debruyne, Frans M J ^b   De La Rosette, Jean J M C H ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TERAZOSIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; URODYNAMICS;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; MICROWAVES; MIDDLE AGED; PRAZOSIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; URINARY BLADDER NECK OBSTRUCTION; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 0030872910     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(97)00112-X     Document Type: Article

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