Vapor resection: A good alternative to standard loop resection in the management of prostates <40 cc

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 767-771

  Gupta, N P ^a   Doddamani, D ^a   Aron, Monish ^a   Hemal, A K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINASTERIDE; HEMOGLOBIN; SODIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DYSURIA; ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATECTOMY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESIDUAL URINE; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA STRICTURE;

EID: 0036934580     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/08927790260472944     Document Type: Article

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