PROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED COMPARISON OF HIGH ENERGY TRANSURETHRAL MICROWAVE THERMOTHERAPY VERSUS alpha-BLOCKER TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA
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- 1 January 1999
- journal article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Urology
- Vol. 161 (1) , 139-143
Abstract
Conclusions Terazosin afforded more rapid improvement in symptoms, voiding function and quality of life in BPH patients. High energy transurethral microwave therapy offered markedly superior clinical outcomes at 12 weeks to 6 months.Keywords
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