Outcome of precise vesicourethral anastomosis following retropubic radical prostatectomy using a Foley catheter

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 75-77

  Fujisawa, Masato ^a,b   Higuchi, Akihiro ^a   Gotoh, Akinobu ^a   Matsui, Takashi ^a   Hara, Isao ^a   Gohji, Kazuo ^a   Okada, Hiroshi ^a   Arakawa, Soichi ^a   Kamidono, Sadao ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Incontinence; Radical prostatectomy; Vesicourethral anastomosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION STUMP; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; BLADDER NECK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PELVIS FLOOR; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; PROSTATECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URETHRA; URETHRA STRICTURE; URINE EXTRAVASATION; URINE INCONTINENCE; URINE RETENTION; UROLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; URETHRA; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0033512698     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2042.1999.06221.x     Document Type: Article

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