Instrumental treatments for benign prostatic obstruction

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-21

  Seki, Narihito ^a   Naito, Seiji ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Benign prostatic obstruction; Laser prostatectomy; Transurethral resection of the prostate

Indexed keywords

CAUTERIZATION; ENUCLEATION; HEMOSTASIS; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; MEDLINE; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATECTOMY; REVIEW; SAFETY; SURVIVAL TIME; TECHNIQUE; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; VAPORIZATION;

HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE;

EID: 33845389817     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOU.0b013e32800ff766     Document Type: Review

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