TY - JOUR
T1 - Transurethral resection of the prostate
T2 - The new old standard
AU - Littlejohn, Joe O.
AU - Ghafar, M. A.
AU - Kang, Y. M.
AU - Kaplan, S. A.
PY - 2002/1/15
Y1 - 2002/1/15
N2 - A literature search was performed for articles between June 2000 and July 2001 pertaining to transurethral resection of the prostate. Eight of the most interesting and/or groundbreaking articles, as deemed by the authors, were selected for review. Topics discussed include transurethral vaporization of the prostate, laser prostatectomy, preoperative finasteride, pelvic floor rehabilitation, the impact of the quantity of tissue removed, bladder infusion prior to catheter removal, and ethanol-glycine in assessment of the absorption of irrigation fluid.
AB - A literature search was performed for articles between June 2000 and July 2001 pertaining to transurethral resection of the prostate. Eight of the most interesting and/or groundbreaking articles, as deemed by the authors, were selected for review. Topics discussed include transurethral vaporization of the prostate, laser prostatectomy, preoperative finasteride, pelvic floor rehabilitation, the impact of the quantity of tissue removed, bladder infusion prior to catheter removal, and ethanol-glycine in assessment of the absorption of irrigation fluid.
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U2 - 10.1097/00042307-200201000-00005
DO - 10.1097/00042307-200201000-00005
M3 - Review article
C2 - 11753129
AN - SCOPUS:0036140446
SN - 0963-0643
VL - 12
SP - 19
EP - 23
JO - Current Opinion in Urology
JF - Current Opinion in Urology
IS - 1
ER -