Comparison of the modified vest and the direct anastomosis for radical retropubic prostatectomy

Urology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 732-736

  Novicki, Donald E ^a,b   Larson, Thayne R ^a   Andrews, Paul E ^a   Swanson, Scott K ^a   Ferrigni, Robert G ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; URETHRA STRICTURE; URINE INCONTINENCE; WOUND HEALING;

AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URETHRA; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 0030902135     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(97)00066-6     Document Type: Article

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