A pelvic drain may be avoided after radical retropubic prostatectomy

Journal of Urology

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 112-114

  Savoie, Marc ^a   Soloway, Mark S ^a   Kim, Sandy S ^a   Manoharan, M ^a  

^a Department of Urology ^*

Author keywords

Drainage; Prostate; Prostatectomy; Prostatic neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER NECK; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; EVALUATION; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LYMPHOCELE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; PROSTATECTOMY; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; URETER STRICTURE; URINE CATHETER; URINOMA;

EID: 0038679379     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000068724.33478.2c     Document Type: Article

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