'Button type' bipolar plasma vaporisation of the prostate compared with standard transurethral resection: A systematic review and meta-analysis of short-term outcome studies

BJU International

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 662-668

  Wroclawski, Marcelo L ^a,b   Carneiro, Arie ^a,b   Amarante, Rodrigo Dal Moro ^b   Oliveira, Carlos E B ^b   Shimanoe, Victor ^b   Bianco, Bianca A V ^b   Sakuramoto, Paulo K ^b   Pompeo, Antonio C L ^b  

^a HOSPITAL ISRAELITA ALBERT EINSTEIN   (Brazil)

^b FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DO ABC   (Brazil)

Author keywords

benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH); prostate transurethral vaporesection; transurethral resection of prostate (TURP)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; BLADDER OBSTRUCTION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BUTTON TYPE BIPOLAR PLASMA VAPORIZATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; INTERNATIONAL PROSTATE SYMPTOM SCORE; META ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESECTOSCOPE; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSURETHRAL ELECTROVAPORIZATION; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84960312639     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bju.13255     Document Type: Article

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