A prospective evaluation of the short-term impact and recovery of health-related quality of life in men undergoing radical prostatectomy

BJU International

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 72-76

  Kouba, Erik ^a   Hubbard, J Slade ^a   Moore, Dominic ^a   Wallen, Eric M ^a   Pruthi, Raj S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Morbidity; Prostate cancer; Prostatectomy; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEMATOMA; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADICAL RETROPUBIC PROSTATECTOMY; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE RETENTION; WOUND INFECTION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845503536     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2007.06533.x     Document Type: Article

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