The natural history of lower urinary tract dysfunction in men: Minimum 10-year urodynamic follow-up of untreated bladder outlet obstruction

BJU International

Volumn 96, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1301-1306

  Thomas, Alun W ^a,b   Cannon, Andrea ^a   Bartlett, Esther ^a   Ellis Jones, Julie ^a   Abrams, Paul ^a  

^a BRISTOL UROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL GWENT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bladder outlet obstruction; Lower urinary tract symptoms; Natural history; Urodynamics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT FAILURE; URETHRA DISEASE; URINE RETENTION; URODYNAMICS;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; URINARY BLADDER NECK OBSTRUCTION; URINARY RETENTION; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 28544443596     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2005.05815.x     Document Type: Article

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