Treatment of prostatic abscess: Case collection and comparison of treatment methods

Korean Journal of Urology

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 860-864

  Jang, Kidon ^a   Lee, Dae Hun ^a   Lee, Seung Hwan ^a   Chung, Byung Ha ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Abscess; Prostate; Transurethral resection of prostate

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; CEPHALOSPORIN; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; ASPIRATION NEEDLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEATH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROSTATE ABSCESS; PROSTATE DISEASE; PROSTATE VOLUME; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION;

EID: 84871747758     PISSN: 20056737     EISSN: 20056745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4111/kju.2012.53.12.860     Document Type: Review

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