TURP and low-energy TUMT treatment in men with LUTS suggestive of bladder outlet obstruction selected by means of pressure-flow studies: 8-Year follow-up

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 770-775

  Vesely, Stepan ^a,b   Knutson, Tomas ^a   Damber, Jan Erik ^a   Dicuio, Mauro ^a   Dahlstrand, Christer ^a  

^a Saklgrenska University Hospital   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

BPH; Long term results; Microwave thermotherapy; Prostatectomy; Urodynamics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; BLADDER PRESSURE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RECURRENCE RISK; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSURETHRAL MICROWAVE THERMOTHERAPY; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; URINE FLOW RATE; URODYNAMICS;

AGED; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE; URETHRA; URINARY BLADDER NECK OBSTRUCTION; URODYNAMICS; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 33750609204     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: 15206777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nau.20233     Document Type: Article

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