Does anaesthetic technique affect the outcome after transurethral resection of the prostate?

BJU International

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 982-986

  Reeves, M D S ^b   Myles, P S ^a  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Prostate; Spinal; Surgery; TURP

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; COMORBIDITY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; INTRASPINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SORE THROAT; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SURGEON; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREANESTHETIC MEDICATION; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032736191     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.1999.00357.x     Document Type: Article

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