The New York University nerve sparing algorithm decreases the rate of positive surgical margins following radical retropubic prostatectomy

Journal of Urology

Volumn 169, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2147-2152

  Shah, Ojas ^a   Robbins, David A ^a   Melamed, Jonathan ^a   Lepor, Herbert ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Neoplasm invasiveness; Prostate; Prostatectomy; Prostatic neoplasms

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; PROSTATECTOMY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RELIABILITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0037950064     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000057496.49676.5a     Document Type: Article

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