Bipolar transurethral resection of the prostate - Technical modifications and early clinical experience

Minimally Invasive Therapy and Allied Technologies

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-21

  Rassweiler, Jens ^a   Schulze, Michael ^a   Stock, Christian ^a   Teber, Dogu ^a   De La Rosette, Jean ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH); Bipolar technology; Transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP)

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ABSORPTION; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CATHETER; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVICE; ELECTRODE; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; MEDLINE; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; REVIEW; SAFETY; STANDARD; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; URETHRA STRICTURE;

ANIMALS; ELECTROCOAGULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE;

EID: 33847285385     PISSN: 13645706     EISSN: 13652931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13645700601159410     Document Type: Review

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