Prostate biopsy in Switzerland: A representative survey on how Swiss urologists do it

Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 18-23

  Leippold, Thomas ^a   Preusser, Stefan ^a   Engeler, Daniel ^a   Inhelder, Fabienne ^a   Schmid, Hans Peter ^a  

^a Kantonsspital St Gallen Klinik fur Urologie   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biopsy technique; Prostate biopsy; Prostate specific antigen; Questionnaire; Survey

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWITZERLAND; UROLOGY;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONAL PRACTICE; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 38349093966     PISSN: 00365599     EISSN: 16512065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365590701520503     Document Type: Article

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