Urinary incontinence after radical retropubic prostatectomy is not related to patient body mass index

Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 153-159

  Mulholland, Tim L ^a   Huynh, P N ^b   Huang, R R ^b   Wong, C ^c   Diokno, A C ^b   Peters, K M ^b  

^a Mason City Clinic   (United States)

^b WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Complications; Incontinence; Prostate cancer; Prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MICTURITION DISORDER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADICAL RETROPUBIC PROSTATECTOMY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS INCONTINENCE; STUDENT T TEST; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROBABILITY; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 33745645390     PISSN: 13657852     EISSN: 14765608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.pcan.4500860     Document Type: Article

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