Transurethral electrovaporization of the prostate - A possible alternative to transurethral resection: A one-year follow-up of a prospective randomized trial

British Journal of Urology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 721-725

  Hammadeh, M Y ^a   Fowlis, G A ^a   Singh, M ^a   Philp, T ^a  

^a WHIPPS CROSS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complications; Electrovaporization; Outcome; Transurethral resection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; BLADDER IRRIGATION; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCOAGULATION; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE ADENOMA; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REOPERATION; RESIDUAL URINE; SAFETY; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; URINE FLOW RATE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROSURGERY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY RETENTION; URINATION;

EID: 0031868174     PISSN: 00071331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.1998.00635.x     Document Type: Article

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