5-Year outcome of surgical resection and watchful waiting for men with moderately symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia: A Department of Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study

Journal of Urology

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 12-17

  Flanigan, R C ^a   Reda, D J ^a   Wasson, J H ^a   Anderson, R J ^a   Abdellatif, M ^a   Bruskewitz, R C ^a   Lepor, H ^a   Roehrborn, C ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

Prostatic hypertrophy; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RESIDUAL URINE; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE FLOW RATE;

EID: 0032324250     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)63011-8     Document Type: Article

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