Preservation of the Puboprostatic Collar and Puboperineoplasty for Early Recovery of Urinary Continence after Robotic Prostatectomy: Anatomic Basis and Preliminary Outcomes

European Urology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 433-440

  Takenaka, Atsushi ^a,c   Tewari, Ashutosh K ^a   Leung, Robert A ^a   Bigelow, Kevin ^a   El Tabey, Nasr ^a   Murakami, Gen ^b   Fujisawa, Masato ^c  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Continence; Fascial tendinous arch of the pelvis; Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy; Puboperinealis muscle; Puboperineoplasty; Puboprostatic ligament; Robotic prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CATHETER REMOVAL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHESIS; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; PUBIS SYMPHYSIS; PUBOPERINEOPLASTY; PUBOPROSTATIC COLLAR; ROBOTIC PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTICS; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADULT; CADAVER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERINEUM; PROSTATECTOMY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; ROBOTICS; TIME FACTORS; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 33845584695     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2006.07.007     Document Type: Article

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