The Short-Term and Long-Term Effects of Radical Prostatectomy on Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms

Journal of Urology

Volumn 178, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2397-2401

  Slova, Denisa ^a   Lepor, Herbert ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

prostate; prostatectomy; prostatic neoplasms; questionnaires; urination disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER EMPTYING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION; NOCTURIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATECTOMY; QUESTIONNAIRE; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINARY URGENCY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROBABILITY; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; URINATION DISORDERS; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 35748929059     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2007.08.004     Document Type: Article

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