Continuous vs conventional bipolar plasma vaporisation of the prostate and standard monopolar resection: A prospective, randomised comparison of a new technological advance

BJU International

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 288-295

  Geavlete, Bogdan ^a   Stanescu, Florin ^a   Moldoveanu, Cristian ^a   Geavlete, Petrisor ^a  

^a Saint John Emergency Clinical Hospital   (Romania)

Author keywords

continuous bipolar plasma vaporisation of the prostate; medium sized BPH; monopolar TURP; standard BPVP

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS BIPOLAR PLASMA VAPORISATION OF THE PROSTATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENTIONAL BIPOLAR PLASMA VAPORISATION OF THE PROSTATE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATURIA; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNATIONAL PROSTATE SYMPTOM SCORE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM URINE FLOW RATE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTVOID RESIDUAL URINE VOLUME; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATE SURGERY; PROSTATE VOLUME; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD BIPOLAR PLASMA VAPORISATION OF THE PROSTATE; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRAL CATHETERIZATION; URINE FLOW RATE;

CONTINUOUS BIPOLAR PLASMA VAPORISATION OF THE PROSTATE; MEDIUM-SIZED BPH; MONOPOLAR TURP; STANDARD BPVP;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATIVE TIME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINATION; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 84892499776     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bju.12290     Document Type: Article

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