Transurethral hot water balloon thermoablation

Current Urology Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 302-305

  de la Rosette, Jean J M C H ^a   Alivizatos, Gerasimos ^a   Pilar Laguna, M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia; Bladder Neck; Prostatic Tissue; Prostatic Urethra; Symptomatic Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

Indexed keywords

WATER;

BALLOON DILATATION; CATHETER ABLATION; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; REVIEW; URETHRA;

BALLOON DILATATION; CATHETER ABLATION; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; URETHRA; WATER;

EID: 0035427981     PISSN: 15272737     EISSN: 15346285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11934-001-0068-y     Document Type: Article

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