Alternative approaches to endoscopic ablation for benign enlargement of the prostate: Systematic review of randomised controlled trials

BMJ

Volumn 337, Issue 7660, 2008, Pages 36-39

  Lourenco, Tania ^a   Pickard, Robert ^b   Vale, Luke ^a   Grant, Adrian ^a   Fraser, Cynthia ^a   MacLennan, Graeme ^a   N'Dow, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIATHERMY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA STRICTURE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE FLOW RATE; URINE INCONTINENCE; URINE RETENTION; VAPORIZATION; AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PROSTATISM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STATISTICS;

AGED; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CATHETER ABLATION; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; PROSTATISM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE;

EID: 47149103093     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39575.517674.BE     Document Type: Review

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