Vattikuti Institute Prostatectomy: Contemporary Technique and Analysis of Results

European Urology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 648-658

  Menon, Mani ^a   Shrivastava, Alok ^a   Kaul, Sanjeev ^a   Badani, Ketan K ^a   Fumo, Michael ^a   Bhandari, Mahendra ^a   Peabody, James O ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Laparoscopy; Prostate cancer; Radical prostatectomy; Robotic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER NECK; CANCER RECURRENCE; CONVALESCENCE; DENONVILLIER FASCIA; DISSECTION; DORSAL VEIN; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FASCIA; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; PROSTATECTOMY; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROBOTICS; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SURGICAL APPROACH; UNITED STATES; URINE INCONTINENCE; VEIL OF APHRODITE FASCIA; VEIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; ROBOTICS;

EID: 33846202952     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2006.10.055     Document Type: Article

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