A demographic profile of patients undergoing transurethral resection of the prostate for benign prostate hyperplasia and presenting in acute urinary retention

BJU International

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 531-533

  Loh, S Y ^a   Chin, C M ^a  

^a CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Acute urinary retention; BPH; Demography; TURP

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EVALUATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OCCUPATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; URINE RETENTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE; URINARY RETENTION;

EID: 0036346459     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.2002.02662.x     Document Type: Article

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