Bipolar Transurethral Resection of the Prostate: What Did We Learn, and Where Do We Go from Here?

European Urology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 796-797

  Reich, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAVAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; URETHRA STRICTURE;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; THERAPEUTIC IRRIGATION; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 70349299821     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2009.07.029     Document Type: Editorial

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