Cold-Knife Incision of Anastomotic Strictures after Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy with Bladder Neck Preservation: Efficacy and Impact on Urinary Continence Status

European Urology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 647-656

  Giannarini, Gianluca ^a   Manassero, Francesca ^a   Mogorovich, Andrea ^a   Valent, Francesca ^b   De Maria, Maurizio ^a   Pistolesi, Donatella ^a   De Antoni, Pietro ^c   Selli, Cesare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^c Section of Urology   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anastomosis, surgical; Prostatectomy; Prostatic neoplasms; Urethral stricture; Urinary bladder neck obstruction; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER NECK; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLD KNIFE INCISION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URETHRA STRICTURE; URETHROSCOPY; URINE INCONTINENCE; UROFLOWMETRY;

AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATECTOMY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY INCONTINENCE; URODYNAMICS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 47949120301     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2007.12.013     Document Type: Article

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