Post-robotic prostatectomy urinary continence: Characterization of perfect continence versus occasional dribbling in pad-free men

Urology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 785-788

  Rodriguez Jr , Esequiel ^a   Skarecky, Douglas W ^a   Ahlering, Thomas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLADDER CAPACITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DETRUSOR DYSSYNERGIA; DIAPER; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION; ORGAN SIZE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROBOTICS; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARD; SYMPTOM; URINE FLOW RATE; URINE INCONTINENCE; URINE VOLUME; UROFLOWMETRY;

HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; ROBOTICS; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 33645977175     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2005.10.006     Document Type: Article

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