Plasma Vaporisation of the Prostate: Initial Clinical Results

European Urology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 693-698

  Reich, Oliver ^a   Schlenker, Boris ^a   Gratzke, Christian ^a   Tilki, Derya ^a   Riecken, Malte ^b   Stief, Christian ^a   Seitz, Michael ^a   Bachmann, Alexander ^b  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Benign prostatic hyperplasia; Endourology; Lower urinary tract symptoms; Plasma vaporisation; Prostate

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSURIA; ELECTRODE; HUMAN; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTVOID RESIDUAL URINE VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATECTOMY; REOPERATION; SCORING SYSTEM; VAPORIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DYSURIA; ELECTROSURGERY; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; REOPERATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SWITZERLAND; TIME FACTORS; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER NECK OBSTRUCTION; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URODYNAMICS; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 77249097830     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2009.05.031     Document Type: Article

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