Electrovaporization of the prostate in patients with benign prostatic enlargement

British Journal of Urology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 575-578

  Matos Ferreira, A ^a   Varregoso, J ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL CURRY CABRAL   (Portugal)

^b Hospital Fernando da Fonseca

Author keywords

Benign prostatic enlargement; Outcome; Symptoms; Transurethral electrovaporization

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROSURGERY; GENERATOR; HEMATURIA; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOMOGRAM; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SYMPTOM; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE FLOW RATE; UROFLOWMETRY; VAPORIZATION;

EID: 0031400684     PISSN: 00071331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410x.1997.00417.x     Document Type: Article

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