Long-term urinary dysfunction after mesorectal excision: A prospective study with intraoperative electrophysiological confirmation of nerve preservation

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1068-1074

  Kneist, W ^a   Junginger, T ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intraoperative nerve stimulation; Long term urinary function; Nerve sparing; Pelvic autonomic nerves; Quality of life; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVE; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; BLADDER PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DENERVATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL PROSTATE SYMPTOM SCORE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION DISORDER; NERVE INJURY; NERVE STIMULATION; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM CARCINOMA; RECTUM SURGERY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URINARY DYSFUNCTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 35548986284     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2007.03.027     Document Type: Article

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