Radical Prostatectomy in Austria: A Nationwide Analysis of 16,524 Cases

European Urology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 684-689

  Mohamad, Badereddin Al Ali ^a   Marszalek, Martin ^a   Brössner, Clemens ^a   Ponholzer, Anton ^a   Wehrberger, Clemens ^a   Willinger, Manfred ^b   Madersbacher, Stephan ^a  

^a Donauspital ^*  (Austria)

^b Austrian Health Institute   (Austria)

Author keywords

Complications; Outcome; Prostate cancer; Surgery; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BLADDER SPHINCTER PROSTHESIS; CANCER MORTALITY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDOUROLOGY; GRAFT OCCLUSION; HERNIOTOMY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; STANDARD; SURGICAL MORTALITY; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGED; AUSTRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33846221972     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2006.06.022     Document Type: Article

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