Bipolar transurethral resection of the prostate: The 'golden standard' reclaims its leading position

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 26-32

  Mamoulakis, Charalampos ^a   Trompetter, Marleen ^a   De La Rosette, Jean J M C H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Benign prostate hyperplasia; Bipolar; Plasmakinetic; Prostate; Transurethral resection in saline

Indexed keywords

BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION;

HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE; URINARY CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 58149229461     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOU.0b013e328320a61a     Document Type: Review

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