Accuracy of transrectal ultrasonography to evaluate pathologic prostate weight: Correlation with various prostate size groups

Urology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 169-174

  Bienz, Marc ^a   Hueber, Pierre Alain ^a   Al Hathal, Naif ^a   McCormack, Michael ^a   Bhojani, Naeem ^a   Trinh, Quoc Dien ^b   Zorn, Kevin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ERROR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE SIZE; PROSTATE WEIGHT; PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTICS; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84903639020     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2014.02.022     Document Type: Article

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