Surgical benign prostatic hyperplasia trials: The future is now!

European Urology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 677-679

  Bachmann, Alexander ^a   Muir, Gordon H ^b   Wyler, Stephen F ^a   Rieken, Malte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEEDING; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATE SURGERY; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION;

EID: 84874544280     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: 18737560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2012.10.052     Document Type: Editorial

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