Bipolar vs monopolar transurethral resection of the prostate: Evaluation of the impact on overall sexual function in an international randomized controlled trial setting

BJU International

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 109-120

  Mamoulakis, Charalampos ^a,b   Skolarikos, Andreas ^c   Schulze, Michael ^d   Scoffone, Cesare M ^e   Rassweiler, Jens J ^d   Alivizatos, Gerasimos ^c   Scarpa, Roberto M ^e   De La Rosette, Jean J M C H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

benign prostatic hyperplasia; electrosurgery; erectile dysfunction; randomized controlled trial; sexual dysfunction; TURP

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNATIONAL INDEX OF ERECTILE FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOPOLAR TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE DISEASE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION;

AGED; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PENILE ERECTION; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84879086249     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2012.11662.x     Document Type: Article

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