Complications of Pelvic Lymphadenectomy in 1,380 Patients Undergoing Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy Between 1993 and 2006

Journal of Urology

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 923-929

  Musch, Michael ^a   Klevecka, Virgilijus ^a   Roggenbuck, Ulla ^a   Kroepfl, Darko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

complications; lymph node excision; lymph nodes; lymphocele; prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHOCELE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBTURATOR NERVE; PELVIS LYMPHADENECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICAL RETROPUBIC PROSTATECTOMY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGEON; SURGICAL RISK; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHOCELE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 39149093978     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2007.10.072     Document Type: Article

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