Simplified treatment of massive rectal bleeding following prostate needle biopsy

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 570-572

  Gonen, Murat ^a,b   Resim, Sefa ^a  

^a KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Prostate; Rectal bleeding

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ENEMA; FLEET ENEMA;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; COLONOSCOPY; CONDOM; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATE; RECTAL DISEASES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 4043137287     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2004.00840.x     Document Type: Article

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