Early postoperative outcomes of patients undergoing prostatectomy for benign prostatic hyperplasia at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 9 SUPPL., 2007, Pages

  Kiptoon, D K ^a   Magoha, G A O ^b   Owillah, F A ^b  

^a Meru District Hospital   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA;

EID: 36348946816     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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