Transurethral microwave thermotherapy for management of benign prostatic hyperplasia: A single-institution experience

Urology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1008-1012

  Stravodimos, Konstantinos G ^a   Goldfischer, Evan R ^a   Klima, Wlodek J ^a   Jabbour, Michel E ^a   Smith, Arthur D ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; HEMATURIA; HEMOSPERMIA; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT CATHETERIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RESIDUAL URINE; RETROGRADE EJACULATION; SCORING SYSTEM; TRANSURETHRAL MICROWAVE THERMOTHERAPY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE FLOW RATE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIATHERMY; HUMANS; MALE; MICROWAVES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINATION;

EID: 0032101512     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(98)00018-1     Document Type: Article

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