Nerve Sparing Open Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy-Does It Have an Impact on Urinary Continence?

Journal of Urology

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 189-195

  Burkhard, Fiona C ^a   Kessler, Thomas M ^a   Fleischmann, Achim ^a   Thalmann, George N ^a   Schumacher, Martin ^a   Studer, Urs E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

bladder neck obstruction; prostate; prostatectomy; urinary continence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER FUNCTION; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NERVE SPARING TECHNIQUE; ONCOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICAL RETROPUBIC PROSTATECTOMY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATECTOMY; RISK FACTORS; URINARY BLADDER NECK OBSTRUCTION; URINARY INCONTINENCE; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS;

EID: 33744521352     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(06)00574-X     Document Type: Article

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