Safety and efficacy of transurethral needle ablation of the prostate for symptomatic outlet obstruction

British Journal of Urology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 579-586

  Rosario, D J ^a   Woo, H ^a   Potts, K L ^a   Cutinha, P E ^a   Hastie, K J ^a   Chapple, C R ^a  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benign prostatic enlargement; Bladder outlet obstruction; Minimally invasive therapy; Transurethral needle ablation (TUNA); Urodynamics

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; BLADDER PRESSURE; BLEEDING; CATHETER ABLATION; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EJACULATION; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE; PENIS ERECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE SURGERY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDUAL URINE; SEDATION; SEXUAL FUNCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TRANSURETHRAL NEEDLE ABLATION; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE FLOW RATE; URINE RETENTION; URINE VOLUME; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 0031403256     PISSN: 00071331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410x.1997.00414.x     Document Type: Article

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