Treatment of urethral syndrome: A prospective randomized study with Nd:YAG laser

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 134-138

  Costantini, Elisabetta ^a   Zucchi, Alessandro ^a   Del Zingaro, Michele ^a   Mearini, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Neodymium:YAG laser; Squamous metaplasia; Urethral syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER IRRITATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEODYMIUM LASER; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SQUAMOUS CELL METAPLASIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINARY URGENCY; UROLOGIC EXAMINATION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNDROME; URETHRITIS; URINATION DISORDERS;

EID: 33745016021     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000090876     Document Type: Article

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