Role of Bladder Neck Preservation in Urinary Continence Following Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy

Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 32-37

  Selli, Cesare ^a   De Antoni, Pietro ^b   Moro, Umberto ^b   Macchiarella, Angelo ^b   Giannarini, Gianluca ^b   Crisci, Alfonso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bladder neck; Prostate cancer; Radical prostatectomy; Surgical technique; Urinary continence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER COMPLIANCE; BLADDER FUNCTION; BLADDER NECK; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CONTINENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIENCE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVIEW; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE TUMOR; PROSTATECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TELEPHONE; URINE INCONTINENCE; URODYNAMICS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROBABILITY; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY INCONTINENCE; URODYNAMICS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 1242317727     PISSN: 00365599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365590310017280     Document Type: Article

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