Does robotically assisted radical prostatectomy result in better preservation of erectile function?

BJU International

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 721-722

  Goldstraw, Miles A ^a,b   Dasgupta, Procar ^a   Anderson, Christopher ^a   Patil, Krishna ^a   Kirby, Roger ^a  

^a London Clinic Cancer Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b Urology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEEDING; BLOOD VESSEL; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; DIATHERMY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; GLEASON SCORE; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INNERVATION; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NERVE SURGERY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE SURGERY; PROSTATECTOMY; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROBOTICS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR; VALIDATION STUDY;

HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; MALE; PENILE ERECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; ROBOTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748551709     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2006.06319.x     Document Type: Note

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