Urinary continence after radical prostatectomy: The Columbia experience

Journal of Urology

Volumn 159, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1276-1280

  Goluboff, Erik T ^a   Saidi, James A ^a   Mazer, Sean ^a   Bagiella, Emilia ^a   Heitjan, Daniel F ^a   Benson, Mitchell C ^a   Olsson, Carl A ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Prostate; Prostatectomy; Prostatic neoplasms; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; URINE INCONTINENCE; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 0031898033     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)63580-8     Document Type: Article

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