Four-Year Outcome of a Prospective Randomised Trial Comparing Bipolar Plasmakinetic and Monopolar Transurethral Resection of the Prostate

European Urology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 922-931

  Autorino, Riccardo ^a   Damiano, Rocco ^b   Di Lorenzo, Giuseppe ^c   Quarto, Giuseppe ^a   Perdonà, Sisto ^d   D'Armiento, Massimo ^a   De Sio, Marco ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benign prostatic hyperplasia; Bipolar system; Bladder outlet obstruction; Midterm outcome; Randomised trial; Transurethral resection of the prostate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; TIME FACTORS; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 60249084339     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2009.01.028     Document Type: Article

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