Bladder Neck Contractures Related to the Use of Hem-O-Lok Clips in Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy

Urology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 158-161

  Blumenthal, Kevin B ^a   Sutherland, Douglas E ^a   Wagner, Kristofer R ^b   Frazier, Harold A ^a   Engel, Jason D ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BLADDER CONTRACTION; BLADDER NECK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTICS;

CONTRACTURE; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; URINARY BLADDER NECK OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 45849117569     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2007.11.105     Document Type: Article

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