Transvesical prostatectomy in elderly patients

Journal of Urology

Volumn 157, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2210-2211

  Luttwak, Zvi ^a   Lask, Dov ^a   Abarbanel, Joseph ^a   Manes, Aaron ^a   Paz, Adrian ^a   Mukamel, Eliahu ^a  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

aged; bladder; prostatectomy; prostatic hypertrophy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER STONE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GERIATRIC SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE DISEASE; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATECTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA STRICTURE; URINE INCONTINENCE; UROLOGIC SURGERY; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0030900405     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)64720-7     Document Type: Article

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