Nd:YAG laser ablation plus transurethral resection for large prostates in high-risk patients

Urology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 914-917

  Gürdal, Mesut ^a,b   Tekin, Ali ^a   Yücebaş, Ergin ^a   Şengör, Feridun ^a  

^a HAYDARPASA NUMUNE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; MICTURITION DISORDER; MORBIDITY; NEODYMIUM LASER; OPERATION DURATION; ORGAN SIZE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATE VOLUME; RESIDUAL URINE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SYNDROME; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; URETHRA DISEASE; URINE FLOW RATE; URINE VOLUME;

EID: 0242412446     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(03)00659-9     Document Type: Article

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