Evaluation of the learning curve for photoselective vaporization of the prostate over the course of 74 cases

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1731-1735

  Seki, Narihito ^a   Nomura, Hiroyuki ^b   Yamaguchi, Akito ^b   Naito, Seiji ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HARASANSHIN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER STONE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RESIDUAL URINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT SURGERY; URINE FLOW RATE; URINE RETENTION; VAPORIZATION; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

AGED; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LEARNING; MALE; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTATE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 50149091383     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2007.0368     Document Type: Article

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