Minimally invasive therapies for the treatment of symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia: The University of Florida experience

Journal of Clinical Laser Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-32

  Narayan, Perinchery ^a,b   Starling, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER SURGERY; MICROWAVES; ONCOLOGY; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

RADIOFREQUENCY NEEDLE ABLATION; TRANSURETHRAL PROSTATECTOMY;

UROLOGY;

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MORBIDITY; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RADIOFREQUENCY; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

EID: 0032005527     PISSN: 10445471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/clm.1998.16.29     Document Type: Article

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