Bipolar versus monopolar TURP: A prospective controlled study at two urology centers

Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 285-291

  Engeler, D S ^a   Schwab, C ^a   Neyer, M ^b   Grun T ^a   Reissigl, A ^b   Schmid, H P ^a  

^a Kantonsspital St Gallen Klinik fur Urologie   (Switzerland)

^b Hospital Bregenz   (Austria)

Author keywords

BPH; TURP; Urological surgical procedures

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

AGED; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; BLADDER; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; BLADDER TAMPONADE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNATIONAL PROSTATE SYMPTOM SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOPOLAR TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDUAL URINE; SKILL; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION SYNDROME; URETHRA STRICTURE; URINE FLOW RATE;

AGED; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955716636     PISSN: 13657852     EISSN: 14765608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pcan.2010.1     Document Type: Article

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