Long-term effects of transurethral microwave thermotherapy

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 141-145

  Ohigashi, Takashi ^a   Baba, Shiro ^b   Ohki, Takahiro ^a   Nakashima, Jun ^a   Murai, Masaru ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Microwave; Prostatic hypertrophy; Thermotherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVICE; FLOW RATE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MEDICAL RECORD; MICTURITION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RETREATMENT; TRANSURETHRAL MICROWAVE THERMOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; MICROWAVES; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036098319     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2042.2002.00439.x     Document Type: Article

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