Contact laser prostatectomy compared to TURP in prostatic hyperplasia smaller than 40 ml: Six-month follow-up with complex urodynamic assessment

Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 31-34

  Tuhkanen, Kari ^a   Heino, Antero ^a   Ala Opas, Martti ^a  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Contact laser; Prostatectomy; Prostatic hyperplasia; TURP; Urodynamics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATECTOMY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESIDUAL URINE; RETROGRADE EJACULATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; URINE FLOW RATE; URODYNAMICS;

AGED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CIPROFLOXACIN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREMEDICATION; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 0032773911     PISSN: 00365599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003655999750016249     Document Type: Article

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