Thick vs thin loop transurethral resection of the prostate: A double-blind prospective trial of early morbidity

BJU International

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 197-201

  Holmes, M ^a   Cox, J ^a   Stewart, J ^b   King, D ^c   Bary, P ^a   Wright, W ^a  

^a WAIKATO HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Outcome; Thick loop; Transurethral vaporization resection; TURP

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; SODIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTRODE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAVAGE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING STAFF; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSURETHRAL ELECTROVAPORIZATION; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE CATHETER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROCOAGULATION; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATIC DISEASES; SODIUM; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE; URINARY RETENTION;

EID: 0036174632     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-4096.2001.02412.x     Document Type: Article

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