Alternate Methods in the Treatment of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
For many years, patients who complained of prostatism had only a few treatment choices. The patient was either a candidate for an elective prostatectomy, or the operation was deferred until the patient became more symptomatic. The present text summarizes
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Alternate Methods in the Treatment of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia With 67 Figures and 26 Tables
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Nicholas A. Romas, M.D. Department of Urology, St. Luke'slRoosevelt Hospital Center, 428 West 59th Street, New York, New York 10019, USA E. Darracott Vaughan, M.D. New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, 525 East 68th Street, New York, NewYork 10021, USA
ISBN-13: 978-3-642-45725-8 001: 10.1007/978-3-642-45723-4
e-ISBN-13: 978-3-642-45723-4
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Alternate methods in the treatment of benign prostatic byperplasia. Nicholas A. Romas, E. Darracott Vaughan (eds.). p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-3-64245725-8
I. Prostate-Hypertrophy. I. Romas, I. Prostatic Hypertrophy - therapy.
Nicholas A.,
1936-. II. Vaughan, E.D.
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Contributors
Reginald Bruskewitz, M.D. Department of Urology, Center of Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 600 Highland Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53792, USA
S. Larry Goldenberg, M.D., ER.C.S.C. Department of Urology, St. Paul's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British, Columbia V6Z 2A5, Canada
John T. Grayhack, M.D. Department of Urology, Northwestern University Medical School, 303 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, lllinois 60611, USA
Placido Grino, M.D.
Clinical Research-Endocrinology and Metabolism, Merck Sharp & Dohme Research Laboratories, P.O. Box 2000, Rahway, New Jersey 07065, USA
Harry A. Guess, M.D., Ph.D. Epidemiology Department, Merck Sharp & Dohme Research Laboratories, West Point, Pennsylvania 19486-004, USA
Steven A. Kaplan, M.D. College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 630 West 168th Street, New York, New York 10032, US
