Initial dissection of the lateral fascia reduces the positive margin rate in radical prostatectomy

Urology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 766-773

  Klein, Eric A ^a   Kupelian, Patrick A ^a   Tuason, Laurie ^a   Levin, Howard S ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; RECTUM INJURY; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DISSECTION; FASCIA; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; ODDS RATIO; PELVIS; PROSTATE; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; SEMINAL VESICLES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 0031798737     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(97)00713-9     Document Type: Article

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