Completeness and efficiency of prostate tissue removal: Loop resection compared with a new operative technique of transurethral electrovaporization

BJU International

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 43-49

  Patel, A ^a,c   Fuchs, G J ^a   Gutierrez Aceves J ^b   Andrade Perez, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^c ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Completeness; Efficiency; Electrovaporization; Resection; Tissue clearance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE ADENOMA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TISSUE; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TRANSURETHRAL ELECTROVAPORIZATION; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROSURGERY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA;

EID: 0032782949     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410x.1999.00127.x     Document Type: Article

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