Implantation of an Adjustable Continence Therapy System Using Local Anesthesia in Patients With Post-Radical Prostatectomy Stress Urinary Incontinence: A Pilot Study

Journal of Urology

Volumn 179, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1902-1906

  Gregori, Andrea ^a   Galli, Stefano ^a   Kartalas, Ioannis Goumas ^a   Scieri, Francesco ^a   Stener, Silvio ^a   Incarbone, Giacomo Piero ^a   Gaboardi, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

anesthesia; local; prostatectomy; prostheses and implants; ultrasonography; urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; LEVOFLOXACIN; PETHIDINE; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMPLANT; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MOBILITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; SCORING SYSTEM; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS;

EID: 41749105286     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2008.01.015     Document Type: Article

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