A randomized comparative study of the bandloop versus the standard loop for transurethral resection of the prostate

Journal of Urology

Volumn 162, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1645-1647

  Gotoh, Momokazu ^a   Okamura, Kikuo ^a   Hattori, Ryohei ^a   Nishiyama, Naoki ^a   Kobayashi, Hiroaki ^a   Tanaka, Kuniaki ^a   Yamada, Shin ^a   Kato, Takanori ^a   Kinukawa, Tsuneo ^a   Ono, Yoshinari ^a   Ohshima, Shinichi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Prostate; Prostatectomy; Prostatic hyperplasia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATECTOMY; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION;

EID: 0032864110     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)68187-6     Document Type: Article

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