Long-term results of three different minimally invasive therapies for lower urinary tract symptoms due to benign prostatic hyperplasia: Comparison at a single institute

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 326-330

  Ohigashi, Takashi ^a   Nakamura, Kaoru ^a,b   Nakashima, Jun ^a   Baba, Shiro ^a,c   Murai, Masaru ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAWASAKI MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Benign prostatic hyperplasia; Minimally invasive therapy; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW RATE; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL PROSTATE SYMPTOM SCORE; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSURETHRAL MICROWAVE THERMOTHERAPY; TRANSURETHRAL NEEDLE ABLATION;

AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND, HIGH-INTENSITY FOCUSED, TRANSRECTAL; URINATION DISORDERS;

EID: 34247642364     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: 14422042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2007.01692.x     Document Type: Article

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