Excision of the neurovascular bundle at radical prostatectomy in cases with perineural invasion on needle biopsy

Urology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 752-756

  Holmes, G Frank ^a   Walsh, Patrick C ^a   Pound, Charles R ^a   Epstein, Jonathan I ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; MALE; METASTASIS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PERINEURIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; SEMINAL VESICLE; VASCULAR SURGERY; VASCULAR TUMOR;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033119911     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(98)00605-0     Document Type: Article

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