Post-operative blood loss after transurethral prostatectomy is dependent on in situ fibrinolysis

British Journal of Urology

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 889-893

  Nielsen, J D ^a,b,c   Gram, J ^a,b,c   Holm Nielsen, A ^a,b,c   Fabrin, K ^a,b,c   Jespersen, J ^a,b,c  

^a Department of Surgery ^*

^b ESBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Blood loss; In situ fibrinolysis; Transurethral prostatic resection

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; FIBRIN; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; UROKINASE;

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; FIBRINOLYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 0031397098     PISSN: 00071331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410x.1997.00483.x     Document Type: Article

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