Is transurethral microwave thermotherapy comparable to transurethral resection for BPH? Commentary

Nature Clinical Practice Urology

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 478-479

  Te, Alexis E ^a,b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLADDER STONE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FOLLOW UP; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNATIONAL PROGNOSTIC SCORING SYSTEM; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONSURGICAL INVASIVE THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTVOID RESIDUAL URINE VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE DISEASE; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT SURVEY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; TRANSURETHRAL MICROWAVE THERMOTHERAPY; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; URINE FLOW RATE;

EID: 34548473577     PISSN: 17434270     EISSN: 17434289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpuro0881     Document Type: Short Survey

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