Aspirin use and transrectal ultrasonography-guided prostate biopsy: A national survey

BJU International

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 965-966

  Masood, Junaid ^a   Hafeez, Azhar ^a   Calleary, John ^a   Barua, Jayanta M ^a  

^a HAROLD WOOD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

BLEEDING; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; NOTE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ASPIRIN; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; ULTRASOUND, HIGH-INTENSITY FOCUSED, TRANSRECTAL;

EID: 34247116412     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2006.06671.x     Document Type: Note

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