Transurethral vaporisation of the prostate and irrigating fluid absorption

Anaesthesia

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 787-791

  Gray, R A ^b   Moores, A H ^a   Hehir, M ^a   Worsley, Mark ^a  

^a Stirling Royal Infirmary   (United Kingdom)

^b TOOWOOMBA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complications: TUR syndrome; Prostate: transurethral resection

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; GLYCINE;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; BLADDER PRESSURE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAVAGE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; SURGICAL TRAINING; TRANSURETHRAL ELECTROVAPORIZATION; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; UROLOGICAL PROCEDURES;

ABSORPTION; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BREATH TESTS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ETHANOL; EXTRAVASATION OF DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC MATERIALS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; IRRIGATION; MALE; PRESSURE; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; RISK FACTORS; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 0042744040     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.2003.03255.x     Document Type: Article

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