Transurethral prostatectomy: A prospective randomized study of conventional resection and electrovaporization in benign prostatic hyperplasia

British Journal of Urology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 570-574

  Shokeir, A A ^a,b   Al Sisi, H ^a   Farage, Y M ^a   El Maaboud, M A ^a   Saeed, M ^a   Mutabagani, H ^a  

^a New Jeddah Clinic   (Saudi Arabia)

^b New Jeddah Clinic Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Outcome; Prostatectomy; Transurethral electrovaporization

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; SODIUM;

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD LEVEL; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ELECTRODE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOCRIT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATECTOMY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESIDUAL URINE; SEXUAL FUNCTION; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; URINE FLOW RATE; VAPORIZATION;

EID: 0031396892     PISSN: 00071331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410x.1997.00428.x     Document Type: Article

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