Perioperative complications of radical retropubic prostatectomy

Clinical Genitourinary Cancer

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 160-166

  Sterbis, Joseph R ^a,b   Brassell, Stephen A ^a,b   McLeod, David G ^a,b  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder neck contracture; Deep venous thrombosis; Incontinence; Rectal injury

Indexed keywords

ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; PLACEBO; WARFARIN;

AGE; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BLADDER CONTRACTION; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIAC PATIENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIABETIC PATIENT; FEMORAL NERVE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LYMPHOCELE; NERVE INJURY; OBTURATOR NERVE; PELVIS LYMPHADENECTOMY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSTATE CANCER; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RADICAL RETROPUBIC PROSTATECTOMY; RECTUM INJURY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; URETER INJURY; URINE CATHETER; URINE EXTRAVASATION; WOUND COMPLICATION; MALE; PROSTATECTOMY;

HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTATECTOMY;

EID: 33644934355     PISSN: 15587673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3816/CGC.2005.n.027     Document Type: Review

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