Planned nerve preservation to reduce positive surgical margins during robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1303-1309

  Zorn, Kevin C ^a,b   Gofrit, Ofer N ^a   Steinberg, Gary P ^a   Taxy, Jerome B ^a   Zagaja, Gregory P ^a   Shalhav, Arieh L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLEASON SCORE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; RISK FACTOR; ROBOTICS; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTICS;

EID: 46249134205     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2008.0009     Document Type: Article

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