Is the minimally invasive treatment as good as transurethral resection for benign prostatic hyperplasia?

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 161-168

  Zani, Emerson Luís ^a   Netto Jr , Nelson Rodrigues ^a  

^a HOSPITAL ISRAELITA ALBERT EINSTEIN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Benign prostatic hyperplasia; Minimally invasive treatment; Prostate; Transurethral resection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INCISION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; META ANALYSIS; MICROWAVE THERAPY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORBIDITY; NERVE BLOCK; ORGAN SIZE; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATECTOMY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAPORIZATION;

ELECTROCOAGULATION; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; MALE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE;

EID: 34248167134     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11255-006-9053-1     Document Type: Article

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