The Anterior Layer of Denonvilliers' Fascia: A Common Misconception in the Laparoscopic Prostatectomy Literature

Journal of Urology

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 521-525

  Secin, Fernando P ^a   Karanikolas, Nicholas ^a   Gopalan, Anuradha ^b   Bianco, Fernando J ^a   Shayegan, Bobby ^a   Touijer, Karim ^a   Olgac, Semra ^b   Myers, Robert P ^c   Dalbagni, Guido ^a   Guillonneau, Bertrand ^a  

^a Sidney Kimmel Center for Prostate and Urologic Cancers   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

anatomy; bladder; laparoscopy; prostate; seminal vesicles

Indexed keywords

ADVENTITIA; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BLADDER NECK; CYSTECTOMY; DENONVILLIER FASCIA; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; DISSECTION; FASCIA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCISION; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATECTOMY; SEMINAL VESICLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VASA DEFERENTIA;

FASCIA; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY; SEMINAL VESICLES; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 33845969909     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2006.09.028     Document Type: Article

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