Ablation of benign prostatic hyperplasia using microbubble-mediated ultrasound cavitation

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 679-680

  Li, Tao ^a   Liu, Zheng ^b  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; CONTRAST MEDIUM; VASCULOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MICROBUBBLE; MICROBUBBLE MEDIATED ULTRASOUND CAVITATION; MICTURITION; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATE SURGERY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SHOCK WAVE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOSIS;

AGED; BLOOD VESSELS; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBUBBLES; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 77649340896     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2009.10.052     Document Type: Article

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