Prospective randomized study of transurethral vaporization resection of the prostate using the thick loop and standard transurethral prostatectomy

Urology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 886-890

  Talic, Riyadh F ^a   El Tiraifi, Abdul Moniem ^a   El Faqih, Salah R ^a   Hassan, Salah H ^a   Attassi, Ramiz A ^a   Abdel Halim, Rabie E ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OBSTRUCTION; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATECTOMY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA STRICTURE; VAPORIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE; URINARY RETENTION;

EID: 0034070113     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(00)00520-3     Document Type: Article

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