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Predicting TWOC failure in acute urinary retention

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Acute urinary retention (AUR) remains one of the greatest challenges faced by a clinician when treating BPH and bladder outlet obstruction. Most importantly, bladder outlet obstruction can be extremely distressing for the patient. A number of therapeutic options are available.

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  1. Department of Urology, New York University School of Medicine, 150 East 32nd Street, New York, 10016, NY, USA

    Bob Djavan, Amir Kazzazi & Herbert Lepor

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Djavan, B., Kazzazi, A. & Lepor, H. Predicting TWOC failure in acute urinary retention. Nat Rev Urol 9, 181–182 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrurol.2012.31

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