Transurethral electrovaporization of the prostate: Is it any better than conventional transurethral resection of the prostate?

BJU International

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 211-214

  McAllister, W J ^a,e   Karim, O ^b   Plail, R O ^c   Samra, D R ^a   Steggall, M J ^a   Yang, Q ^d   Fowler, C G ^a  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b FRIMLEY PARK HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^d BRISTOL UROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benign prostatic enlargement; Electrosurgery; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVALUATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESIDUAL URINE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL FUNCTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TRANSURETHRAL ELECTROVAPORIZATION; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND; UNITED KINGDOM; URODYNAMICS; UROFLOWMETRY;

AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037323840     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.2003.04073.x     Document Type: Article

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