Transurethral RollerLoop vapor resection of prostate for treatment of symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia: A 2-year follow-up study

Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 409-415

  Liu, Chih Kuang ^a,b   Lee, Wen Kai ^a   Ko, Ming Chung ^a   Jeng, Huey Sheng ^a   Chiang, Han Sun ^b   Yu, Hong Jeng ^c  

^a TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Benign prostatic hyperplasia; RollerLoop; Transurethral resection of prostate; Vapor resection

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; BLADDER CONTRACTION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REOPERATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL FUNCTION; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; URETHRA STRICTURE; URINE FLOW RATE;

AGED; ELECTRODES; ELECTROSURGERY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; REOPERATION; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 33750290664     PISSN: 00365599     EISSN: 16512065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365590600795222     Document Type: Article

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