Indication, technique and outcome of retropubic nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy

EAU Update Series

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 77-85

  Graefen, Markus ^a   Michl, Uwe H G ^a   Heinzer, Hans ^a   Friedrich, Martin G ^a   Eichelberg, Christian ^a   Haese, Alexander ^a   Huland, Hartwig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Nerve sparing; Prostate cancer; Radical prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER STAGING; CONTINENCE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE PLEXUS; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SPHINCTER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 18944388406     PISSN: 15709124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euus.2005.03.008     Document Type: Article

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