A prospective randomized controlled trial of hybrid laser treatment or transurethral resection of the prostate, with a 1-year follow-up

BJU International

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 254-259

  Carter, A ^a,b   Sells, H ^a   Speakman, M ^a   Ewings, P ^a   MacDonagh, R ^a   O'Boyle, P ^a  

^a TAUNTON AND SOMERSET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHELTENHAM GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Laser treatment; Outcome; Randomized trial; Symptoms; Transurethral resection; Urinary flow rate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LASER; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEODYMIUM LASER; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE SURGERY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REOPERATION; RESIDUAL URINE; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA STRICTURE; URINE FLOW RATE; UROFLOWMETRY;

AGED; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; TIME FACTORS; URINARY RETENTION; URINATION;

EID: 0032992617     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.1999.00936.x     Document Type: Article

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