Modified technique for neurovascular bundle preservation during radical prostatectomy: Association between technique and recovery of erectile function

BJU International

Volumn 101, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1217-1222

  Masterson, Timothy A ^a   Serio, Angel M ^a   Mulhall, John P ^a   Vickers, Andrew J ^a   Eastham, James A ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Erectile dysfunction; Neurovascular bundle preservation; Prostate cancer; Radical prostatectomy; Surgical technique

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DENONVILLIERS FASCIA; FASCIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; PROSTATECTOMY; RECTUM; SEMINAL VESICLE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COHORT STUDIES; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42249105860     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2008.07511.x     Document Type: Article

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