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Bladder Outflow Obstruction: Definition, Clinical Application, and Grading in Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

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A discussion about “obstruction” in urology is hampered by rather vague and unspecific terminology. The term “obstruction” itself is used in many different ways and meanings for the upper and lower urinary tract. There seems to exist agreement that obstruction denotes a change in function to inefficient function with potential damage of the lower tract and danger for the upper tract. The same term “obstruction” is also used for accompanying symptoms and morphological alterations presumably causing and/or caused by obstruction.

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  1. Medizinische Fakultät der RWTH, Urologische Klinik, Pauwelsstraße 30, W-5100, Aachen, Germany

    W. Schäfer

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  1. Medizinische Fakultät der RWTH Aachen, Urologische Klinik, Pauwelsstraße 30, W-5100, Aachen, Germany

    Gerhard Jakse

  2. Service d’Urologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Domaine Universitaire du Sart Tilman B 35, B-4000, Liège 1, Belgium

    Christian Bouffioux  & Jean de Leval  & 

  3. Department of Urology, Academisch Ziekenhuis Maastricht, P. Debyelaan 25, 6202 AZ, Maastricht, The Netherlands

    Rudi A. Janknegt

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Schäfer, W. (1992). Bladder Outflow Obstruction: Definition, Clinical Application, and Grading in Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia. In: Jakse, G., Bouffioux, C., de Leval, J., Janknegt, R.A. (eds) Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-77480-5_2

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