Preservation of putative continence nerves during radical retropubic prostatectomy leads to more rapid return of urinary continence

Urology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 960-967

  Hollabaugh Jr , Robert S ^a   Dmochowski, Roger R ^a   Kneib, Timothy G ^a   Steiner, Mitchell S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; PUDENDAL NERVE; SEMINAL VESICLE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

CADAVER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATECTOMY; TIME FACTORS; URETHRA; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0032101014     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(98)00128-9     Document Type: Article

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