Are indications for prostatectomy in octogenarians the same as for younger men?

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 47-50

  Nadu, Andrei ^a   Mabjeesh, Nicola J ^a   Ben Chaim, Jacob ^a   Kaver, Issac ^a   Matzkin, Haim ^a   Greenstein, Alexander ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Benign prostate hypertrophy; Elderly; Prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ELDERLY CARE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATECTOMY; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TREATMENT INDICATION; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE RETENTION;

EID: 3042803166     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:UROL.0000032683.36827.63     Document Type: Article

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