Vesicourethral Anastomosis During Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy: Does the Number of Sutures Matter?

Urology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 547-551

  Gallo, Luigi ^a   Perdonà, Sisto ^a   Autorino, Riccardo ^a   Menna, Luigi ^a   Claudio, Luigi ^a   Marra, Luigi ^a   Di Lorenzo, Giuseppe ^a   Gallo, Antonio ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADICAL RETROPUBIC PROSTATECTOMY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VESICOURETHRAL ANASTOMOSIS;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TISSUE ADHESIVES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 33947217850     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2006.12.016     Document Type: Article

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