Surgical modifications of radical retropubic prostatectomy to decrease incidence of positive surgical margins

Journal of Urology

Volumn 159, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1281-1285

  Alsikafi, Nejd F ^a   Brendler, Charles B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Prostate; Prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; PROSTATECTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0031922021     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)63581-X     Document Type: Article

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