Interstitial Laser Coagulation Versus Transurethral Resection of the Prostate for Benign Prostatic Enlargement: A Prospective Randomized Study

Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 494-497

  Liedberg, Fredrik ^a   Adell, Lars ^b   Hagberg, Gunnar ^b   Palmqvist, Inga Britt ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Vaxjo County Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Benign prostatic enlargement; Interstitial laser coagulation; Transurethral resection of the prostate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MICTURITION; OUTPATIENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATE SURGERY; RANDOMIZATION; SCORING SYSTEM; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TUBE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE FLOW RATE; UROFLOWMETRY;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 0345865048     PISSN: 00365599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365590310001773     Document Type: Article

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