NECROSIS OF THE URETHRA AND TISSUE SLOUGHING - A DELAYED COMPLICATIONAFTER TRANSURETHRAL MICROWAVE THERMOTHERAPY

Authors
STRAVODIMOS KG ANDERSON AE GOLDFISCHER ER JABBOUR ME KLIMA WJ SMITH AD
Citation
Kg. Stravodimos et al., NECROSIS OF THE URETHRA AND TISSUE SLOUGHING - A DELAYED COMPLICATIONAFTER TRANSURETHRAL MICROWAVE THERMOTHERAPY, Journal of endourology, 12(4), 1998, pp. 379-380
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Urology & Nephrology
Journal title
Journal of endourology → ACNP
ISSN journal
08927790
Volume
12
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
379 - 380
Database
ISI
SICI code
0892-7790(1998)12:4<379:NOTUAT>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
Transurethral microwave thermotherapy is a minimally invasive treatmen t for benign prostatic hyperplasia designed to destroy hyperplastic ti ssue without damaging the urethra. We present an unexpected complicati on of prostatic urethral necrosis and tissue sloughing after thermothe rapy and discuss its possible cause.