Quality of life and continence assessment of the artificial urinary sphincter in men with minimum 3.5 years of followup

Journal of Urology

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 435-439

  Haab, François ^a   Trockman, Brett A ^a   Zimmern, Philippe E ^a   Leach, Gary E ^a,b  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial organs; Prostatectomy; Quality of life; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER SPHINCTER PROSTHESIS; CONTINENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0030853339     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)64496-3     Document Type: Article

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