Interstitial laser coagulation for management of benign prostatic hyperplasia: Long-term follow-up

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 978-982

  Terada, Naoki ^a   Arai, Yoichi ^b   Okubo, Kazutoshi ^c   Ichioka, Kentaro ^a   Matsui, Yoshiyuki ^a   Yoshimura, Koji ^a   Terai, Akito ^a  

^a KURASHIKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Interstitial laser coagulation; Long term result; Prostate; Prostatic hyperplasia

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LASER COAGULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MICTURITION; NEODYMIUM LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JAPAN; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REOPERATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE; URINARY RETENTION;

EID: 9644275337     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2004.00944.x     Document Type: Article

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