Is transurethral vaporization a remake of transurethral resection of the prostate?

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 591-594

  Netto Jr , Nelson Rodrigues ^a,b   De Lima, Marcelo Lopes ^a   Lucena, Roberto ^a   Lavoura, Nivaldo S ^a   Cortado, Pedro L ^a   Netto, Maurício Rodrigues ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; URODYNAMICS; VAPORIZATION;

EID: 0345422765     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.1999.13.591     Document Type: Article

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