High-energy transurethral thermotherapy with CoreTherm approaches transurethral prostate resection in outcome efficacy: A meta-analysis

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 713-718

  Kaye, Jonathan D ^a   Smith, Arthur D ^a   Badlani, Gopal H ^b   Lee, Benjamin R ^a   Ost, Michael C ^c  

^a The Arthur Smith Institute for Urology   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTVOID RESIDUAL URINE VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSURETHRAL MICROWAVE THERMOTHERAPY; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION;

HUMANS; MALE; MICROWAVES; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINATION;

EID: 42249106826     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2007.0039     Document Type: Article

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