Puboprostatic ligament sparing improves urinary continence after radical retropubic prostatectomy

Urology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 67-72

  Poore, Raymond E ^a   McCullough, David L ^a   Jarow, Jonathan P ^a,b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER NECK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URGE INCONTINENCE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0031890128     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(97)00479-2     Document Type: Article

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