Transurethral convective water vapor as a treatment for lower urinary tract symptomatology due to benign prostatic hyperplasia using the rezūm® system: Evaluation of acute ablative capabilities in the human prostate

Research and Reports in Urology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2015, Pages 13-18

  Dixon, Christopher M ^a   Cedano, Edwin Rijo ^b   Mynderse, Lance A ^c   Larson, Thayne R ^d  

^a LENOX HILL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Department of Urology Clinica Canela   (Dominican Republic)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d Institute of Medical Research Scottsdale   (United States)

Author keywords

Benign prostatic hyperplasia; Lower urinary tract symptomatology; Minimally invasive; Steam; Thermotherapy; Vapor therapy

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; TRIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM;

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW RATE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNATIONAL PROSTATE SYMPTOM SCORE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARENCHYMA; PROSTATE; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC PARENCHYMA; QUALITY OF LIFE; THERMAL ABLATION; TRANSURETHRAL CONVECTIVE WATER VAPOR THERAPY;

EID: 84922144727     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22532447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/RRU.S74040     Document Type: Article

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