Is transurethral vaporesection of the prostate better than standard transurethral resection?

European Urology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 551-557

  Helke, Christian ^a   Manseck, Andreas ^a   Hakenberg, Oliver W ^a   Wirth, Manfred P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benign prostatic hyperplasia; Complications; Morbidity; Symptom scores; Transurethral resection of the prostate; Transurethral vaporesection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATECTOMY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESIDUAL URINE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA STRICTURE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE FLOW RATE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROSURGERY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE; URINATION DISORDERS;

EID: 0034924540     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000052502     Document Type: Article

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