Safety and Efficacy of Bipolar Versus Monopolar Transurethral Resection of the Prostate in Patients with Large Prostates or Severe Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms: Post Hoc Analysis of a European Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial

Journal of Urology

Volumn 195, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 677-684

  Skolarikos, A ^a   Rassweiler, J ^c   de la Rosette, J J ^d   Alivizatos, G ^a   Scoffone, C ^e   Scarpa, R M ^c,e   Schulze, M ^c   Mamoulakis, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

prostate; prostatic hyperplasia; randomized controlled trial; transurethral resection of prostate; treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; SODIUM;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL PROSTATE SYMPTOM SCORE; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTVOID RESIDUAL URINE VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATE VOLUME; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE FLOW RATE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOMS; PROCEDURES; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

AGED; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOMS; MALE; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE;

EID: 84975910850     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2015.08.083     Document Type: Article

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