Transurethral microwave thermotherapy (TUMT) with the Targis System®: A single-centre study on 78 patients with acute urinary retention and poor general health

European Urology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 176-180

  Berger, Andreas P ^a   Niescher, Mathias ^a   Spranger, Robert ^a   Steiner, Hannes ^a   Bartsch, Georg ^a   Horninger, Wolfgang ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Prostatic hyperplasia; TUMT; Urinary retention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION; POOR GENERAL CONDITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; SURGICAL RISK; TRANSURETHRAL MICROWAVE THERMOTHERAPY; URINE FLOW RATE; URINE RETENTION; URINE VOLUME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; RISK FACTORS; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY RETENTION;

EID: 0037328809     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0302-2838(02)00547-X     Document Type: Article

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