Open Prostatectomy Is Still a Valid Option for Large Prostates: A High-Volume, Single-Center Experience

Urology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 90-94

  Suer, Evren ^a   Gokce, Ilker ^a   Yaman, Onder ^a   Anafarta, Kadri ^a   Göǧüş, Orhan ^b  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UFUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER OBSTRUCTION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CATHETERIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER STRICTURE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 45849111446     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2008.03.015     Document Type: Article

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