Sural nerve graft during laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: Initial experience

Urologic Oncology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 191-194

  Turk, Ingolf Arthur ^a   Deger, Serdar ^b   Morgan, William Ritchie ^c   Davis, John Warren ^a   Schellhammer, Paul F ^a   Loening, Stefan A ^b  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Virginia Urology Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Laparoscopy; Radical prostatectomy; Sural nerve graft

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; SURAL NERVE; SURGICAL APPROACH; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN TISSUE; TIME;

FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SURAL NERVE;

EID: 0036765256     PISSN: 10781439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1078-1439(02)00189-8     Document Type: Article

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