Radical retropubic prostatectomy. How often do experienced surgeons have positive surgical margins when there is extraprostatic extension in the region of the neurovascular bundle?

Journal of Urology

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 446-449

  Hernandez, David J ^a   Epstein, Jonathan I ^a   Trock, Bruce J ^a   Tsuzuki, Toyonori ^a,b   Carter, H Ballentine ^a   Walsh, Patrick C ^a,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b NAGOYA DAINI RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision support techniques; Pathology; Prostatectomy; Prostatic neoplasms

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INNERVATION; CANCER INVASION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FOLLOW UP; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GLEASON SCORE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALPATION; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROBOTICS; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SURGEON; TOUCH; VISION;

EID: 12544254000     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000151135.80249.c9     Document Type: Article

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