Minimally invasive treatments for benign prostatic enlargement: Systematic review of randomised controlled trials

BMJ

Volumn 337, Issue 7676, 2008, Pages 966-969

  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

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSURETHRAL MICROWAVE THERMOTHERAPY; TRANSURETHRAL NEEDLE ABLATION; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; URINE FLOW RATE;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; URINARY INCONTINENCE; URINARY RETENTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINATION;

EID: 55549143990     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.a1662     Document Type: Article

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