Durability of 30-Minute High-Energy Transurethral Microwave Therapy for Treatment of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: A Study of 213 Patients With and Without Urinary Retention

Urology

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 854-858

  Gravas, Stavros ^a   Laguna, Pilar ^b   Kiemeney, Lambertus A L M ^c   de la Rosette, Jean J M C H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF LARISSA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HIGH ENERGY PHOSPHATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSURETHRAL MICROWAVE THERMOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE RETENTION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; EVALUATION STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROWAVES; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY RETENTION; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 34247566016     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2007.01.070     Document Type: Article

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